All Grenfell inquiry articles – Page 4
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Grenfell Inquiry to be brought to the stage
Team that dramatised Stephen Lawrence inquiry is behind Grenfell: Value Engineering
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Architects fear extra cost of building reforms will land on their shoulders
£1bn cost of Building Safety Bill could be passed down food chain as viability threatened
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Features
All our Building Safety Bill coverage in one place
Keep up to date with our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and expert analysis
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Safety reforms set to make PI ‘even harder and more expensive’
Architects face ‘shitty few years’, says leading insurance consultant
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Alan Jones criticises Building Safety Bill for ‘not fully addressing’ industry’s shortcomings
Fractured nature of construction threatens to undermine good intentions, RIBA president adds
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‘Avalanche of claims’ could distract from effort to reform building safety, architect warns
Industry told to brace for flood of historic claims unleashed by bill, as Arb gets new powers
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Tory MP brands Building Safety Bill a ‘sticking plaster’
Stephen McPartland accuses the government of lacking the will to fix cladding scandal
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Building Safety Bill will give residents more time to pursue shoddy firms
Long-awaited legislation published today will also give Arb power to strike off architects who fail competence tests
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Accordia residents say they face financial ruin after block declared unsafe
Timber structure falls foul of post-Grenfell rules
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Turn Grenfell Tower into high-rise memorial garden, says survivor
Suggestion inspired by Stefano Boeri’s forest towers comes as community marks fourth anniversary of fire
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Guiding the profession to 2034 and beyond
In the latest in our Future of the Profession series, RIBA president Alan Jones introduces his Fact Finding Mission and explains why it is time for detailed reflection and planning
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What you need to know about planning gateway 1
Building Design’s regs columnist Andrew Mellor unpicks the first stage of the building safety process which comes into effect in August
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High-rise developments face fire safety regulation change from August
Move follows Judith Hackitt’s proposals made in wake of Grenfell blaze
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It is time to talk again about protecting the function of architects
Making the golden thread a legal part of an architect’s role would have so many benefits. It’s about protection not protectionism, argues Jerry Tate
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ACM panels ‘not involved’ in east London flats fire
Developer claims Grenfell-style combustible cladding played no part in major fire at SOM’s New Providence Wharf development
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Opinion
We need to talk about the future of the profession
Climate crisis, the Grenfell tragedy and the biggest professional shake-up for 60 years, not to mention a global pandemic and Brexit. Never has it been more critical to shape the way forward. Building Design invites you to join an urgent conversation
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ACM blaze hits SOM flats in east London
Developer Ballymore was one of 14 firms ‘named and shamed’ by government for failing to remove cladding from its buildings
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Industry had ‘head in the sand’ over combustible cladding dangers, Grenfell Inquiry told
Facade expert said a ‘reasonably competent’ cladding contractor should have known risks of ACM
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The fire safety scandal will not go away
The government defeated the Lords’ amendment to protect leaseholders from cladding costs. Now it must come up with a credible plan, writes Lord Best
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Government Fire Safety Bill victory ’will see leaseholders ruined’
Campaigners express horror over bill passing financial responsibility for £10bn of repairs on to leaseholders