Aluminium composite material cladding with a fire-retardant polyethylene filler and phenolic foam insulation has failed fire tests conducted by BRE. The tests have also identified 22 buildings over 18 ...

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 ...

Ten buildings, largely apartment blocks, remain at “extreme” or “high” safety risk due to presence of potentially flammable cladding – but the government still won’t say which they are. But the ...

Architects like aluminium-composite cladding because it is cheap, easily fixed to buildings Anywhere, any colour Architects like aluminium-composite cladding because it is cheap, easily fixed to ...

Aluminium composite cladding was implicated in the catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in June 2017 The British government has been accused of trying to cover up a “national scandal ...

Safety investigations on buildings at Abertay University have discovered cladding which includes an aluminium composite. The material has been found in an area of cladding on the Kydd building, which ...

Alcoa Architectural Products of France has launched a new aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. “These cladding features mean the building is no longer just a ...

The cladding system fitted to Grenfell Tower was never subjected to fire safety testing, according to reports. The panels installed on the block, which have since been found on 299 other high-rises, ...

Beech Court is one of nine Salford blocks that will have cladding removed Residents in more than 850 flats have been told cladding will be removed from their tower blocks in Salford. Aluminium ...

A cladding company facing a class action lawsuit has entered administration, saying the legal costs threatened the company. But opponents say the business will still be held to account. The Federal ...