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 ...

The Building Safety Regulator has launched a fresh recovery plan to cut long-running delays on higher-risk building cladding ...

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has unveiled a plan to speed up decision-making for external remediation applications to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower, the west London apartment block which killed at least 80 people when it burned down in June, caught ...

A report on UK building regulations set up after the Grenfell Tower tragedy found "deep flaws" in the rules but stopped short of calling for a ban on cladding, the combustible material blamed for ...

The Labour Party is pressuring the government to come to the aid of homeowners living in apartments wrapped in dangerous flammable material that was the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. By ...

Nearly 300 people were evacuated from the flats after a fire in August 2024.

Research since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise fire in June 2017, has failed to settle all the questions about building cladding and fire safety in the UK.

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

Landlords urged to send cladding for testing amid fears other buildings are vulnerable to a Grenfell-style blaze. Department for Communities and Local Government admits "much public concern" about the ...

Up to £3bn of public money may have to be spent assessing and removing potentially flammable cladding from buildings in Scotland. New estimates from the Scottish government suggest up to 1,450 ...

The capital has more than double the number of dangerous buildings than the rest of the country put together, the Mayor said ...