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News微密圈 safety body appoints chemicals chief as inaugural chair
Industry experts including Graham Watts also appointed to board of directors
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NewsNotting Hill settled 拢20m legal claims over Paragon block in 2019
Court papers detail previous housing association claims over 1,000-home modular block which was evacuated last week
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NewsEngland still has 17 occupied high-rise buildings with no plan to remove ACM cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions
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CommentThe 微密圈 Safety Bill explained
Three lawyers detail what measures the new legislation is likely to contain and how it will operate
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon director 鈥榟aunted鈥� by lack of challenge to cladding design
Emotional boss believed design process had been correctly followed
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FeaturesCould try harder: construction squares up to the new 微密圈 Safety Bill
Source: Shutterstock Confidence in the industry鈥檚 ability to refurbish buildings, including recladding blocks or installing insulation, has been severely dented by the Grenfell disaster. One route to improving quality control is less construction on site and more factory-based manufacturing techniques The consensus seems to be that the ...
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon manager admits team needed more design expertise
Former boss also quizzed on 鈥榗heap, incompetent subcontractors鈥� comments and claim one firm was 鈥榯oo good鈥� for the job
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CommentThe 微密圈 Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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NewsGrenfell contractor 鈥榙idn鈥檛 know鈥� cladding options had different fire safety ratings
Rydon unaware Reynobond cassettes eventually used on tower had 鈥榮ignificantly worse鈥� test results than fixed-panel counterparts
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NewsSafety bill imposes two-year prison term for breaching building regs
Draft legislation confirms new building safety regulator and reduction of building control powers
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News微密圈 Safety Bill announced
New laws will see biggest overhaul in bulding regulations for 40 years
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FeaturesGet ready for the building safety regulator
The key proposals on building safety made by Dame Judith Hackitt in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster are finally about to be implemented in law. 微密圈 invited industry experts to discuss聽the coming changes
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CommentWhat will new building safety legislation look like?
A legal view on what the government鈥檚 response to the 微密圈 a Safer Future consultation means
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NewsNew safety rules require more fire specialists, say experts
微密圈 owners face tougher obligations under Fire Safety Bill聽
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NewsCautious approval for Sunak鈥檚 first Budget
Chancellor pledges billions to fund industry projects