Exterior cladding functions as the first layer of defense between a structure and environmental exposure”— Elwin ...

According to Mr Jared Wanyama, an architect with El-Archs Partnership, cladding is the covering of building materials with the aim of providing a protective layer to the external building. He adds ...

Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building ...

"We are coming for you" - Michael Gove's warning to firms that cut corners, sought to profiteer and mis-sold dangerous products No leaseholder living in a building higher than 11m, around four to six ...

The sale of Sophie Grayling's flat fell through after dangerous external cladding was discovered "It's like a crippling depression where you can't get up. My anxiety is really bad, some days I can't ...

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

Not many people are taken by sharks but thousands die worldwide in preventable building fires. Truth is, The Towering Inferno reflects reality. When the Grenfell Tower fire erupted in London two years ...

Melbourne’s Spencer St fire shows – yet again – the property sector’s version of ‘thoughts and prayers’ is not enough The fire at the Neo 200 building on Spencer Street in the Melbourne CBD this week ...

The Labour Party is pressuring the government to come to the aid of homeowners living in apartments wrapped in dangerous flammable material that was the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. By ...

An apartment block in Hull city centre is to have new cladding installed to make it safer. Pure Block Management said it had received £2.7m from the government's Cladding Safety Scheme on behalf of ...