UK Orders Housebuilders to Pay $5B to Help Remove Dangerous, Flammable Cladding January 10, 2022 Britain has ordered housebuilders to pay around $5.4 billion to help remove dangerous cladding from buildings following a deadly 2017...
UK Insurers Cautiously Willing to Underwrite Fire Safety Risks for High-Rise Recladding Projects: Survey September 20, 2021 Insurers have revealed a cautious willingness to underwrite fire safety risks on new projects to remove defective cladding from high...
UK Government’s Safety Plan for High-Rise Buildings Could Push Away Investors: Aviva July 14, 2021 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu Aviva Plc, the UK insurer and asset manager, warned the government that new safety proposals for high-rise apartment blocks could...
Firms Involved in Building Work on London’s Grenfell Tower Take No Blame for 2017 Fire January 29, 2020 Firms involved in building work on London tower bloc that caught fire have sidestepped any responsibility for the 2017 tragedy...
Inquiry into Grenfell Tower Inferno Criticizes Fire Brigade for Higher Fatalities October 31, 2019 By Gregory Katz British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday vowed to speed up efforts to make sure the dangerous cladding used in the...
Lawsuit Filed for ‘Defective’ Products Linked to London’s Grenfell Tower Fire Disaster June 13, 2019 By L.S. Howard Three U.S. companies have been slapped with a wrongful death and products liability lawsuit for manufacturing products linked to London’s...
Same Builders Win Deals to Replace Unsafe Grenfell Tower Type Cladding December 18, 2017 By Tom Bergin Some building companies that installed dangerous cladding on social housing blocks across Britain are now winning new contracts following the...
Australia’s New South Wales to Inspect High-Rise Cladding over Fire Safety July 31, 2017 By Benjamin Cooper Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government will inspect more than 1,000 residential and commercial towers that may have potentially unsafe...
U.S. Building Owners Reviewing Structural Materials After London Tower Blaze July 25, 2017 By Jeff Martin U.S. building owners should review what materials their structures are built with following a deadly fire in London that showed...
Panel-Maker Arconic Sued in U.S. Over Losses Linked to London Tower Fire July 14, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A shareholder of Arconic Inc. on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing the company of defrauding shareholders over its supply of...