For more than two decades, science has recognized that building fires have become hotter, faster-spreading and more toxic. One engineer blames it on the world’s “addiction to polymers,” a reference to ...

Legislation is set to tighten the rules on the use of combustible cladding on new high-rise buildings in Scotland. Certain materials will be banned on any new buildings where the floors are more than ...

DOZENS of schools have been built with flammable cladding since it was banned on high-rises after the Grenfell disaster. More than 70 schools are likely to have used plastic foam insulation – a ...

The 22-year-old Carlton structure was found to have aluminium composite panels (ACP) and solid aluminium panels with embedded polyurethane foam wall insulation in several areas. Due to their ...

Penthouses at a former mill are to have ‘combustible’ cladding stripped out and replaced. The exterior cladding, installed at the Cottonworks complex, also known as Holden Mill, Blackburn Road, ...

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 ...

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One of Sydney’s largest shopping centres has been ordered to get rid of combustible cladding amid fears it poses a fire risk. The Department of Planning issued Chatswood Chase with two fire safety ...

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 ...