by Admin | Feb 14, 2023 | News
Plans for new tall residential buildings in London will need to incorporate a second staircase in order to be signed off, the mayor of London has announced according to InsideHousing. An update on the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) planning pages said that planned...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2022 | News, Prosecutions
A man has been charged with fraud by police after a 19-month investigation into ‘EWS1’ cladding safety assessments. A man has been charged by police after a 19-month investigation into fraudulently signed building safety forms. Merseyside Police confirmed yesterday...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Grenfell Tower, News
LONDON’S FIRE Commissioner Andy Roe has called for urgent change in the building industry at the same time as the number of blocks of flats in the nation’s capital city with fire safety failings passes an “unacceptable milestone” of 1,000. The latest London Fire...
by Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | News
RISKING THE lives of occupants at a Southampton residential block has seen company director Charles Morgan fined and on the receiving end of a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to providing a fire risk assessment that was neither suitable nor...
by Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | News
THE OWNER of a takeaway in Worthing has been ordered to pay more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to compromising fire safety. Khoo Hock NG of Salvington Road in Worthing appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to breaches of the Regulatory...
by Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | News
THE SERIOUS failure of a smoke ventilation system that resulted in the building acting like a “broken chimney” left residents’ only escape route smoke logged during the New Providence Wharf fire, a report released by the London Fire Brigade states. The report confirms...