The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety. On July 18, the U.K.

Nearly 100 high-rise blocks of flats in Scotland have a type of cladding that experts have warned could be unsafe for use on tall buildings, an official report has found. More than one in 10 high-rise ...

Since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, cladding has become the building industry's worst nightmare. A rush to provide low-cost, lightweight and energy-efficient wrapping for modern buildings ...

A high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system believed to be in use on thousands of buildings has dramatically failed a safety test, with flames ripping through a nine metre test rig in under eight ...

The government has been criticised for focusing too narrowly on Grenfell-style cladding when other types of “untested”, potentially unsafe cladding are widely installed in the built environment. “Much ...

A tower block in Swansea will have its cladding replaced to improve fire safety if a planning application gets the green light. Plans have been submitted to remove cladding covering 20% of Strand ...

The owners of tall buildings face pressure to continue removing dangerous cladding, despite coronavirus, after a new fire test showed how quickly flames can spread. Cladding previously deemed safer ...