Counting the growing cost of cladding remediaton

Johnston, bryan

Counting the growing cost of cladding remediaton - Estates Gazette |v(2006) 8 February 2020, 52-53(2) .

Reviews the currently regulatory and costs landscape in relation to the cladding of high rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 after which tests carried out by the Building Research Establishment established that certain types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding were unsafe and should be removed from residential buildings over 18 m tall including public and private sector dwellings and student accommodation. Highlights problems building owners and leaseholders are currently having over cladding remediation. associated with costs and responsibility.


Cladding
High rise buildings
Remediation
Fire
Liability
Grenfell


United Kingdom 1973