News – Page 5
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NewsPay into fund or face ban, Gove tells cladding manufacturers
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute ‘significant portion’ of remediation costs
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NewsGovernment slaps Help to Buy ban on Rydon Homes because of sister firm’s work at Grenfell
Michael Gove puts others on notice they are in his sights as part of crackdown on companies failing to fix ‘building safety crisis’
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NewsBuilding control body allowed use of Kingspan insulation despite describing its certificate as ‘garbage’
National House Building Council warned twice that product was ‘accident waiting to happen’
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NewsNHBC denies allowing use of Kingspan insulation to avoid ‘barrage of claims’ from customers
Grenfell Inquiry counsel accuses building control body of being “captured” by Kingspan and “used by them as their poodles”
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NewsBuilding control body denies it took a ‘benevolent’ attitude towards Kingspan because it was in financial trouble
Grenfell Inquiry shown emails in which LABC staff said Kingspan deal would ‘save this failing company’
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NewsBuilding control body joked about ‘burning’ issue of misleading Kingspan certificate, Grenfell inquiry hears
Comment followed new tests showing insulation had continued to burn for 20 minutes after end of test
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NewsBuilding control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct ‘misleading’ certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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NewsGovernment’s concealment of cladding dangers ‘one of the major scandals of our time’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Inquiry told that coalition government allowed itself to become the “junior partner” to the construction industry in a drive to cut red tape
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis puts firms on notice for £1.2bn fire safety framework
Four year deal largest framework in housing association’s history
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NewsGove apologises for Grenfell Tower demolition briefings
Housing secretary pledges ’different approach’ to government communications about future of block
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NewsPost-Grenfell code for construction products launched
Initiative aims to fight misleading marketing by firms
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NewsGrenfell main contractor blames a ‘slack and complicit’ testing and certification industry for 2017 fire
Rydon tells inquiry that makers of dangerous cladding materials had been ‘assisted’ in getting their products to market
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NewsCompliance of Grenfell cladding was responsibility of others, Arconic tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime
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NewsConstruction industry ‘cannot be trusted to regulate itself’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Closing remarks on latest phase of probe says sector more focussed on profit while BBA branded ‘hopelessly weak’
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NewsExternal walls of Grenfell should have been checked in fire safety assessment, inquiry hears
Fire consultant Barbara Lane contradicts earlier evidence given by expert witness Colin Todd
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NewsGovernment due to confirm Grenfell Tower demolition this month
Inquiry set to resume this week with further evidence from fire safety expert Barbara Lane
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NewsRevealed: Key principles of Hackitt’s ‘golden thread’ to improve building safety
Working group publishes details and definitions to ensure implementation of Hackitt’s recommendations
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NewsArconic investors given all clear by US court to take legal action after Grenfell fire
Shareholders claim firm knew its cladding was dangerous but used it on high rise projects anyway
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NewsShoddy workmanship more dangerous than cladding, product manufacturers insist
BBA consultation received outpouring of complaints about the RMI sector
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NewsRIBA attacks Building Safety Bill for ‘not fully addressing’ industry’s shortcomings
Fractured nature of construction threatens to undermine good intentions, architects group adds