A factory which makes non-combustible materials used in cladding wants to expand in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. A production line at Rockwool Ltd, in Pencoed, was mothballed in 2008 when ...
The cladding on 90 tower blocks owned by social landlords has failed the government’s latest, more in-depth fire safety test. The second test by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) was ...
About 65 jobs are set to be created at a factory which makes fireproof materials used in cladding after permission to expand in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy was granted. A production line at ...
The government has been accused of a “futile desperation to contain the cladding scandal” as it prepares to combine high-pressure laminate (HPL) material with non-combustible insulation in its ...
Government assurances about the safety of combustible cladding on high-rise buildings have been called into question. It comes after a claim that the plastics industry "influenced" official fire tests ...