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 ...

Alan Mayrs told the Stormont Finance Committee NI's fire regulations are 'weak' New buildings in NI can still be fitted with the type of highly-flammable cladding that has caused fires in high-rise ...

Cladding on 27 high-rise blocks in 15 local authority areas has now failed fire safety checks, with a mass evacuation of buildings in north London announced. A national safety operation is under way ...

THE number of deadly tower blocks with combustible cladding rises to 11 as at least 600 are covered in material similar to that which clad Grenfell Tower. Work is already underway to remove the ...

The government is lagging behind its own expectations on its promise to strip all high-rise buildings of dangerous cladding, a report has warned. Three years after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire ...

Police have confirmed at least 12 people perished after fire engulfed the 24-storey apartment block in Ladbroke Grove in West London but warned the death toll was likely to rise dramatically. Many ...

SINGAPORE - The distributor of the cladding materials found to be flammable and installed in 41 buildings here says that it is conducting its own investigations into the products and is cooperating ...

Usha Iyer-Raniga is Vice President, Education (ACTS). She is on advisory boards/committees such as the Property Council's Sustainability and Wellness Committee. Kevin Argus does not work for, consult, ...

All social landlords in Wales are being told to carry out fire safety tests on tower block cladding similar to the material used at Grenfell Tower. Welsh Government previously suggested testing of ...

Thousands of people will be stuck living in potentially deadly tower blocks until 2030 because of the “glacial” pace at which the government is removing highly flammable materials in the wake of the ...