All Grenfell Tower articles
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NewsCombustibles ban could hit green walls, warns designer
Restriction was introduced a year ago in response to Grenfell disaster
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GLA starts search for cladding guru
New role to manage private sector cladding fund for building owners in London
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Ban all combustible materials following Bolton blaze, says fire group
Student block was clad in high-pressure laminate panels
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Government struggling to get a grip on scale of flammable cladding problem
Esther McVey tells Labour shadow it is trying to understand ‘scope and scale of issue'
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Grenfell report backs ‘golden thread’ calls for high-rise buildings
Next phase will examine why materials in fatal blaze failed to meet regulations, says inquiry head
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Government losing patience with those building owners yet to remove dangerous cladding
On eve of Grenfell report, housing secretary Robert Jenrick says he is close to ‘naming and shaming’ firms
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Hackitt slams safety costs fears
Grenfell report author says ‘widespread culture of indifference’ in construction remains
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Willmott Dixon and Hackney row over defects on resi block
Contractor’s housing arm Willmott Partnership Homes disputes ‘many’ of council’s claims
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‘Give us more info’, fire brigade expert tells industry
Emergency services after Grenfell need to know more about a building’s construction
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Comment
Grenfell - the slow road to change
Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there is still anger at the lack of progress from the industry and goverment to change
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Grenfell lawsuit targets US firms
Lawyers representing victims launch US lawsuit against cladding manufacturer, insulation supplier and appliance-maker
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Comment
Making Hackitt happen
Creating a competence framework to respond to the Hackitt report has brought about the biggest-ever alliance of construction organisations
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Fosters’ partner appointed to work on Grenfell inquiry's second phase
Prime minister has announced two new experts
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Features
Hackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry’s progress so far, Building carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference
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Government pledges £200m to remove ACM cladding from privately-owned towers
Ministers to consider what action to take against building owners who take no action to remove unsafe cladding
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Taylor Wimpey sees 6% profit hike
Housebuilder’s pre-tax profit rises to £858m as it says Help to Buy winding down is a good thing
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Government set to pay Grenfell Tower site programme director £100k
Housing department appointee will oversee the government's management of the site
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Features
CLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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Features
How is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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Comment
Build safe, not sorry
Stephanie Canham examines how the revised Building Regulations to limit cladding material use will affect construction disputes
