Residents of a block of flats with Grenfell-style flammable cladding were told to “stay put” in their homes as fire ravaged the building and some alarms failed to go off, it has been claimed. Around ...
The Technology and Construction Court has delivered a series of High Court judgments (in Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd; and LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and ...
Britain's government urged local officials across the country Sunday to urgently submit samples of tower block cladding after tests found that all samples tested so far have failed fire safety ...
More than 80 people were evacuated in the early hours of Monday from a building that had used similar insulation. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London More than 80 people had to be evacuated ...
On February 22, a fire swept through a 14-story apartment block in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia, Spain. Ten people died in the blaze. Smartphone footage showed an awning on a seventh-floor ...
Another cladding fire has struck London, this time in East London’s Dagenham. Early Monday morning, a 7-story residential tower at 22-24 Freshwater Road was engulfed in flames. Construction was ...
Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building ...