The Labour Party is pressuring the government to come to the aid of homeowners living in apartments wrapped in dangerous flammable material that was the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. By ...
Landlords urged to send cladding for testing amid fears other buildings are vulnerable to a Grenfell-style blaze. Department for Communities and Local Government admits "much public concern" about the ...
Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building ...
Innovative solutions in the category include cladding made from upcycled rice hulls and insulation manufactured from 80 percent postconsumer recycled denim. Modern Mill has expanded its Acre siding ...
From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied. Material mixing is creating newly expressive façades, and ...
There is a “widening” gap between identification and action in cladding remediation. Using government data, Property Inspect ...
A report on UK building regulations set up after the Grenfell Tower tragedy found “deep flaws” in the rules but stopped short of calling for a ban on cladding, the combustible material blamed for ...
Persimmon Homes has become the first housebuilder to sign the Scottish Government’s developer remediation contract, pledging to carry out and fund ...
A new £100m civil service office had to be evacuated after a large piece of cladding fell from the top of the building. Staff ...
An investigation is underway after architectural cladding fell off a Vinci-built office in Blackpool. Department for Work and ...