UK Sets Out Reforms to Address Failures in Grenfell Tower Fire February 28, 2025 By Damian Shepherd The UK set out a raft of reforms designed to improve building safety, as it aims to clamp down on...
Ghosts of Grenfell Disaster: No Penalties for UK Firms That Used Flammable Cladding January 6, 2025 By Tom Bergin When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped...
Who Is to Blame for Deadly 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire? September 5, 2024 By Catarina Demony and Michael Holden A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a “culmination of decades of...
UK Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry Blames All Deaths on Incompetence and Greed September 5, 2024 By Michael Holden and Catarina Demony A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings...
Fire Fears After UK’s Grenfell Disaster Set Back Wood Building, With Insurance as Factor April 27, 2023 By Olivia Rudgard To get fire department approval for their six-story London office project made of strong engineered wood known as mass timber,...
UK Builders Face Ban Unless They Commit to Repairing Unsafe Cladding March 15, 2023 By Marion Dakers Eleven property developers could be barred from the industry unless they sign a UK government contract to repair unsafe cladding...
Britain Proposes Reforms for Insuring Apartment Blocks After Deadly Grenfell Tower Fire September 21, 2022 Britain’s financial watchdog has proposed reforming how apartment blocks are insured after the deaths of 72 people in the Grenfell...
UK Regulator Pushes Insurers to Cut Premiums for Fire-Risk Apartments July 19, 2022 By Katherine Griffiths and Jack Sidders Thousands of people living in high-rise apartments in Britain are set to get better deals on their property insurance following...
UK Homebuilders Commit More Than £2B to Fix Fire Safety Issues April 18, 2022 By Jack Sidders Developers responsible for building half of the new homes in the UK have committed more than 2 billion pounds ($2.6...
Major British Housebuilders Pledge to Remove Flammable Cladding April 6, 2022 Four major British housebuilders have signed a government-backed safety pledge to remove flammable roof coverings from buildings which came into...