Higher than expected costs to remove cladding from Taylor Wimpey's buildings in response to the Grenfell fire tragedy have wiped out its profits, the housebuilder has said. The company made a loss in ...

The Building Safety Act was put in place following the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the discovery that many other high-rise residential buildings have serious fire-safety defects. Phil Westerman The ...

Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Greenfell tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as ...

I remember the exact moment I found out about the Grenfell Tower tragedy. I was on holiday abroad and a TV in the bar caught our eye as we saw the images of the burning building. I remember feeling ...

Removing flammable cladding from multistory buildings in England could cost between £12.6 billion and £22.4 billion, the spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office’s (NAO) report into the ...

Australia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding. In Victoria alone, at least 71 of these buildings have been classified as “extreme risk” and another 368 as “high risk”. Despite the ...

Long lasting, highly durable and weather-resistant, this industrial alternative to wood cladding develops a lovely protective ...

The House of Lords has concluded its review of the Building Safety Bill. The final set of amendments will now be considered in the House of Commons before the bill is ready to receive royal assent.

Since the Grenfell fire, repairs have been required to buildings with unsafe cladding. This created an affordability crisis with many flat-owners facing large bills for renovations. The government has ...