All remediation articles
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News
Housing secretary demands faster action on remediation of buildings following blaze
Rayner says she ‘expects’ more from regulators and partners following huge Dagenham fire
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News
Remediation of unsafe cladding on 2,300 residential buildings yet to start
The latest government data reveals there are 4,613 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding
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Features
How robust management of ‘forever chemicals’ can help developers bring forward brownfield regeneration sites
PFAS contamination is impacting brownfield projects, but robust risk management can help developers bring forward sites even as regulations are tightened up
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Comment
What are building safety remediation orders?
How the new provisions under the Building Safety Act will work
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News
Fixing bad housing would bring £135bn in societal benefits, says BRE
New research sets out health and economic benefits of action to improve poor housing
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News
Barratt set to appoint new cladding contractor after bust up on east London remedial job
Dispute over remedial work at Dalston Square has resulted in legal action between the developer and contractor Jessella
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Comment
The developer remediation contract is full of confusion
Almost 50 developers have committed to fire safety remediation works under this government scheme, but clarity is severely lacking
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News
Clarion wants suppliers for £50m asbestos work
10 year deal covers housing association’s properties across England
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News
Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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News
Gove unveils plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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Features
It’s a wrap: restoring Selfridges’ showstopper status
As if one shocking shopfront look wasn’t enough, Birmingham’s sassy Selfridges has donned a temporary garb of even greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. Thomas Lane explains the technical challenges
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News
Government has no plans to step in to PI crisis, housing minister says
Some firms struggling to get cover for cladding or fire-related claims
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News
Nearly half of high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem
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News
Plymouth housing authority appoints contractor for cladding work
Exeter firm Mi-Space is set to replace composite cladding on three towers