All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 64
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Official admits ambiguous building regs guidance ‘didn’t work’
Civil servant acknowledges failings with appoach of leaving designers and building-control bodies to figure out rules for themselves
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NewsDisastrous ACM cladding test failure was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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NewsProposals to cut carbon in projects shelved after MP’s promotion
Part Z-inspired plans put on ice four days before scheduled second reading
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News‘Inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding not questioned by senior official before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions
Staff ”lost sight” of important issues during deregulation drive, DCLG fire safety policy lead admits
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NewsGovernment official ‘parroted’ industry protests on accreditation scheme for fire risk assessors
Grenfell Inquiry hears that official did “nothing” to scrutinise claims by businesses that scheme would be too costly
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NewsGovernment guidance for fire risk assessors ‘beyond a joke’
Grenfell Inquiry told that there had been a “background of complacency” on fire safety in the government in years before 2017 blaze
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NewsFinalists submit bids for Budapest station redevelopment
Fosters and Zaha Hadid Architects among 12 practices to have entered second round proposals with winner to be announced within weeks
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NewsFormer senior civil servant’s ‘deep regret’ that building regulations were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Top fire-safety official described ‘whoosh!’ as ACM panels ignited
Remark came in an email sent by DCLG’s Brian Martin 18 months before tower-block fire
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NewsInvestigators probe cause of fire at 22-storey Aldgate tower
More than 100 firefighters called to blaze on 17th floor as debris seen falling from the side of Sigma Seifert building
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NewsDeregulation drive slowed review of fire safety guidance by years, Grenfell inquiry told
Officials expanded initial review because of anti-red tape requirement to ’remove more rules than you add’
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NewsHaworth Tompkins wins job to design £25m Wales eco-centre expansion
Practice to draw up masterplan for a visitor experience at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Powys
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NewsGovernment considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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NewsGovernment official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
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NewsCladding dangers not 'covered up', senior official tells Grenfell Inquiry
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsBritish Pavilion team for Venice Biennale announced
Curators to create exhibition exploring sustainable materials
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NewsParliament restoration could take 76 years and cost nearly £50bn
Keeping MPs in Palace of Westminster during works would see costs and delivery time skyrocket, report finds
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’