Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to the Construction Products Association, calling on cladding and insulation manufacturers to make a contribution to the cost of cladding remediation.

Construction workmanship, particularly around the installation of cavity barriers, needs to improve says Basil Jackson, as he summarises the changing advice around <18m buildings since the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Housebuilder and developer Countryside Properties has set aside £41m to cover the cost of remediation to bring buildings it has previously constructed in line with current Building Regulations.

The government has committed a total of £787m to fund the remediation of non-ACM cladding on residential buildings over 18m in the private and social housing sectors.

A building in West Croydon has become the first in the UK to be fitted with a new cladding fire detection system that removes the need for waking watch patrols.

A government adviser told fire and rescue services that there was “insufficient information” to warrant an alert to housing authorities over the risks of certain types of cladding following the 2009 Lakanal House fire in London.

Shepherd Construction has succeeded in striking out a £4m claim by Aviva Ground Rent Group for remedial works to cladding on a student accommodation block.

Housebuilder Barratt has set aside another £30m to tackle the cost of reviewing and fixing cladding and external wall systems on buildings it has constructed.

Roofing sector model could be used to certify installers of rainscreen cladding A new third-party certification scheme for operatives who install cladding is in development. The National Federation of Roofing…

ASD Build will supply cladding for residential towers in Cardiff Bay

The government has promised an extra £3.5bn to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18m – or above six storeys – in England.

Timber cladding that had been proposed for use on the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick near Birmingham but failed a fire test is expected to be replaced by a terracotta product.

Camden Council in London is seeking contractors to undertake recladding works on Blashford Tower – one of the blocks within the Chalcots estate – following the departure last year of Wates, which had been on site for the works under a “letter of intent”.

Housebuilder Barratt has seen the estimated bill for the cost of assisting with remedial cladding work on its developments increase to £15.6m. The firm revealed in its half-year results for…

The government has revealed details of its new £1bn building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings. The fund will meet the cost for removing unsafe non-ACM cladding…