All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 70
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Former housing minister denies ‘aversion’ to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry
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NewsGreen light for Faulkner Browns’ £25m Sunderland cultural hub
Four-storey scheme will sit opposite practice’s £42m town hall as major regeneration project takes shape
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, hearing told
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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NewsMake’s £400m South Bank office scheme approved
Huge complex at site of ITV’s former London Studios cleared by Lambeth council following tense three-hour debate
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action on ACM
Brian Martin admits he missed opportunities to prevent major cladding fire
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NewsAndy Von Bradsky joins Manchester practice Nick Moss Architects
Government’s former chief architect to provide strategic advice to regeneration specialist
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NewsLocal MP attacks Make’s £400m plan to turn ITV studios into office complex
Lambeth council to vote on controversial complex tomorrow evening
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NewsCivil servant knew there was a ‘clear risk’ of a major ACM fire three years before Grenfell
Inquiry hears Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security
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NewsSpurs deals blow to Studio Egret West’s plans next to stadium
Football club’s concerns over ‘public safety’ persuade council to defer planning decision over 3,000-home scheme
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: senior civil servant ‘forgot’ to clarify ambiguous fire safety guidance
Brian Martin also admitted he ‘completely underestimated’ hazard posed by deadly ACM panels
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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