External cladding on a block of flats in Cambridge will have its fire safety tested as a precautionary measure following the Grenfell Tower disaster. Cladding on the Cambridge City Council-owned ...

Checks are being carried out on hundreds of buildings across the country, as investigations into the deadly Grenfell Tower fire continue. So far the Government has received samples from 60 high-rise ...

Proposals to fit grenfell tower with fire-resistant cladding were dropped by the local council in a bid to cut costs just four years before the blaze which killed 71 people. Conservative Kensington ...

Building designers now have a plethora of cladding materials and systems to choose from, but conventional small scale fire tests may not always be appropriate. Sarah Colwell sets out the latest ...

Following an extensive research project involving insurers, the University of Central Lancashire, and external consultants, the FPA has developed RISC 501: Fire Test and Assessment Method for External ...