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Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell Tower
News about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Studio E Architects, plus information about fire safety and changes to the Building Regulations
This book will make you sad, furious and disgusted by the industry we work in
Show me the bodies: How we let Grenfell happen wasn’t the most seasonal choice of reading at Christmas but there’s never a good time to read a detailed analysis of one of the worst tragedies in UK history, writes Hari Phillips
Fire chiefs call for two escape stairs in all new housing over 18m
All new residential buildings over 18m or seven storeys should be legally required to have two stair cores, senior firefighters in England have said
The Regs: Far-reaching changes on fire safety are coming into effect
Geoff Wilkinson takes a look at the latest changes to Approved Document B (Fire Safety)
Grenfell inquiry closes: ‘Each and every death was avoidable’
The inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people, has closed after more than five years
Grenfell architect bears primary responsibility for fire, barrister tells inquiry
Studio E Architects is among those who bear ‘primary responsibility’ for the full extent of the Grenfell Tower fire, according to one of the lawyers for the bereaved and survivors
The Regs: How to specify intumescent coatings correctly
Geoff Wilkinson offers key pointers to specifying fire-protective finishes
Tributes paid to ‘tireless’ tower block safety campaigner Sam Webb
Architect Sam Webb, the tower block safety campaigner who exposed the problems at London’s notorious Ronan Point building as well as the issues that caused the Grenfell Tower fire, has died aged 85
Official guidance ‘oversimplified’ cladding fire tests, Grenfell inquiry hears
The methods used to test cladding for fire risk are ‘full of mistakes from beginning to end’, an expert has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Grenfell Tower cladding to be banned from all new projects
Cladding of the type used on Grenfell Tower is to be banned from all new buildings in England