All Housing articles – Page 22
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsGovernment published ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards
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CommentWhy new safety laws could do more harm than good
As increased liability pushes insurance costs beyond reach of most firms, capacity to fix unsafe homes or build new ones will plummet
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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FeaturesExplainer: Gove’s threats to shut down housebuilders over building safety
Housebuilders are locked in negotiations with Michael Gove over paying another £4bn to repair housing blocks affected by the fire safety crisis
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NewsCivil servant’s reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on “poorly drafted” clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group’s attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which ‘shocked’ experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsRegional housebuilder set for administration
Mulbury Homes understood to have appointed Kroll as firm buckles under financial troubles
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NewsGove unveils plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsPocket Living given thumbs up for two Old Kent Road schemes
Plans include 11-storey block designed by Hawkins\Brown
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NewsGovernment asked experts to ‘step away’ from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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NewsGovernment used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given ‘contractual requirement’ to not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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NewsRedrow boss lays into creaking planning system
Housebuilder says system contributed to decline in completions in half year results
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NewsSenior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite ‘major fire’ warning
‘Confusing’ building regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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NewsDevelopers on notice for £170m scheme next door to Hemel Hempstead station
Network Rail planning decade-long work under Farrells masterplan
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NewsGovernment provided building control body with a ‘pre-prepared script’ amid media scrutiny after Grenfell fire
Official wrote to the NHBC asking it to rebut claims that tower’s combustible cladding panels complied with building regulations
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NewsMPs criticise confusing plans to replace gas boilers
Public in the dark and lacking direction over heat pump policy, cross-party committee report claims
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NewsBuilding control body approved combustible materials because scrutinising them was too ‘time consuming’
NHBC fire engineer admits the approach was a ‘dangerous mistake’
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NewsKingspan threatened cladding firm with legal action if it revealed results of failed fire test
Grenfell Inquiry hears the 2008 test had failed within 15 minutes with ‘flames coming off the top of the test rig’