The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) believes the recently closed Grenfell Tower Inquiry, served as a "timely reminder" of the need for "technical and professional competence". The inquiry ended with lawyers summing up 400 days of evidence from the 2017 fire, where they added that they had...
New fire safety regulations in England will implement most recommendations from the Grenfell Tower inquiry. After the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017, which killed 72 people, recommendations were made in order to ensure high rise residential buildings were safer and had adequate fire escape...
Two UK leading trade associations have warned that more rigorous checks are needed to ensure the fire safety of pre-insulated pipework. The call comes from the UK's Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association (TICA). The pair have issued a joint statement that...
A high-rise block of London flats was set alight by a charging e-bike, in a blaze that forced dozens of people to evacuate. The building is less than a mile away from Grenfell Tower where 72 people died following a blaze in 2017. Speaking to ITV...
The type of cladding used on the Grenfell tower has now been banned on all future buildings built in England. The ban comes in just before the five year anniversary of the blaze in which 72 people died. Metal composite material panels with unmodified polyethylene core...
The UK's Home Secretary has announced robust reforms to fire safety across England to strengthen fire and rescue services. The reform comes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire in London. The new regulations will put the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations into law...
Nearly five years after the Grenfell fire, London Fire Brigade (LFB) chief Andy Roe has claimed that more than 1,000 residential buildings in the city still have serious safety failings. The 2017 fire at Grenfell Towers killed 72 people and has been noted as one of...
Major housebuilders in the UK have promised to spent £1.3bn to remove cladding and other fire hazards in a bid to avoid another disaster like the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. However, the funds are still expected to be £4bn short of what's required to address...
In the past decade fires in tower blocks have made international headlines from the Abbco Tower in Sharjah and The Torch in Dubai going up in flames through to the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London, England which resulted in people losing their lives. What has...