#Grenfell

Before the cladding debate starts today, I think context is important.For nearly three and a half years the government has been consistently saying that leaseholders should not pay for cladding
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There's been lots of talk about how much better the Australian state of Victoria has been doing at dealing with its cladding crisis, so for this month's issue I spoke
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Ok, so here is a short thread on what this data really shows which is:1. We are now making steady (but still slow) progress on ACM remediation ONLY2. The wider
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Having had a bit of time to reflect on this I think it's worth running through the role of Arconic in a bit more detail. They are the huge Pennsylvania
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So we have a plan from Labour on cladding ahead of tomorrow's debate and vote on the crisis in the commons tomorrow. Here is a thread with some explanation and
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Meanwhile in other news, wow ...Arconic internally withdrew their Class B classification for PE ACM (which was approved for buildings over 18m) and replaced it with Class E. Debbie French
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Putting to one side whether or not it's really ok for a minister to chastise leaseholders in buildings with dangerous cladding for being sarcastic, the government's testing regime does not
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Imagine being PM right now. Being in the middle of a pandemic that has already claimed in excess of 60,000 lives in your country; in the midst of a major
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A bit of cricket history in Central West NSW today - my little home town of Bogan Gate (pop. 200) has beaten Parkes to claim the Grinsted Cup for the
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#Facts Matter:Property developers who built flats covered in dangerous cladding donated £2.5 million to the @Conservative since the #Grenfell fire in 2017, @BorisJohnson has personally received £50,000 from individuals with
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Lunchtime update from the inquiry:This morning we've been hearing why the cladding subcontractor believed the system was compliant. It appears he placed an extraordinary degree of trust in the people
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Lunchtime update from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry:- Govt officials warned about use of Kingspan insulation on high rises in 2014- Kingspan accused of "lying" to them about testing which had
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1. What breaks my heart is social media has conditioned us to be selectively outraged for 24hrs then onto the next thing. I still can’t believe people are STARVING in
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The gov looks set to announce its next plan to fix the cladding scandal. Looks like we could see funding increased to £5bn, with a £2bn levy on developers. Reported
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Amid a flurry of coverage of the misery being caused by the cladding scandal this week, I think it's worth explaining that this problem comes from 30 years of building
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A week late but my I have two issues with the RIBA competency tests:1. What the hell do you test? Given the extraordinary range of work architects undertake at different
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