by Admin | Mar 11, 2024 | News
A London council has warned fire-safety issues found in around 600 of its low-rise homes may be the “tip of the iceberg” of a national problem according to Construction News. Barnet Council said it is briefing the government and other local authorities after an...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2024 | News
A Labour MP has accused a London landlord of “sitting on their hands” after he repeatedly raised concerns about the building’s safety defects months before a fire engulfed the block in flames yesterday according to Inside Housing. Correspondence between Octavia...
by Admin | May 23, 2023 | News, Source Fire News
Living in a newly built block of flats deemed not fit for purpose by surveyors has been a “daily living nightmare,” residents have said according to bbc.co.uk. Leaseholders at 53 Agar Grove in Camden claim they have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in...
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 | Apr 16, 2018 | News, Source Fire News
Report lays bare the failures that caused the fire to spread, killing 71 A report prepared as part of the police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire has uncovered calamitous deficiencies in the installation of the windows, cavity barriers and cladding system,...