Durkan makes £9.3m loss due to fire safety spend

Housebuilder and contractor Durkan has made a £9.3m pre-tax loss due to fire safety remediation costs. The Hertfordshire-based company has undertaken a review of all of its completed buildings in relation to cladding and combustible materials, fire stopping, workmanship, defects, and regulatory compliance more generally.… The post Durkan makes £9.3m loss due to fire safety spend appeared first on Construction News.

TICA calls for ban on internal use of PIR insulation due to fire hazard

TICA is calling for a ban on Polyisocyanurate (PIR) based insulations being used in internal applications, due to the material being a fire hazard. The post TICA calls for ban on internal use of PIR insulation due to fire hazard appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

Saint-Gobain to sell wood processing and distribution business, Protræ

Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its wood processing and distribution business in Denmark, Protræ. The post Saint-Gobain to sell wood processing and distribution business, Protræ appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

Saint-Gobain to sell wood processing and distribution business, Protræ

Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its wood processing and distribution business in Denmark, Protræ. The post Saint-Gobain to sell wood processing and distribution business, Protræ appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

Grenfell Inquiry | Government ‘collusion’ with construction sector allowed combustibles loophole

Hundreds of high-rise buildings in the UK were clad with combustible materials because the government failed to crack down on a loophole after colluding with the construction industry, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been told. The post Grenfell Inquiry | Government ‘collusion’ with construction sector allowed combustibles loophole appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

The Times - Living with cladding, 14102020

Victoria Lowe may never be able to sell her family home — because of potentially unsafe cladding on her building. The Sunday Times has revealed not only are 700,000 people still trapped in flats wrapped in many kinds of flammable materials, but as many as 3.6 million face a wait of up to a decade to sell their flat or get a new mortgage.

Quadrant Building Control - Important Amendment to Building Regulations Approved Document B – Volume 1, May 2020

This video runs through some important changes to Approved Document B - Fire Safety, that were published by the MHCLG in May 2020 The changes focus on the following fire safety provisions in blocks of flats:- 1. Sprinklers - A reduction in the trigger height from 30m to 11m. 2. Wayfinding signage for the fire service - A new recommendation for floor identification and flat indication signage within blocks of flats with storeys over 11m

Beale & Co - Webinar: External Wall Fire Safety and Form EWS1, 02122020

The session covers a history lesson of the changes to UK building regulations post the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, as well as discussing the legal and practical implications of the Form EWS1.

The Times - Construction material firms threatened with Grenfell Tax by Michael Gove, 10112021

Since Michael Gove's appointment on the 15th September as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 'The Times' has issued a few articles about the Cladding crisis. Michael Gove is yet to announce a detailed Plan to solve the (cladding) issues. He is also to clarify if construction material suppliers will receive tax levies like those recently confirmed for Residential Developers