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From ABC News:
The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire safety tests grew to 60, officials said Sunday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath of London's Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.
All of the buildings for which external cladding samples were so far submitted failed combustibility tests, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said. As of late Sunday, that includes 60 towers from 25 different areas of the country — double the figure given a day earlier.
More from the BBC:
The Local Government Association said some councils have introduced 24-hour warden patrols to mitigate the risk before cladding is removed.
It said in a statement: "Where cladding fails the test, this will not necessarily mean moving residents from tower blocks.
"In Camden, the decision to evacuate was based on fire inspectors' concerns about a combination of other fire hazards together with the cladding."
So it looks like, far from an isolated thing, basically everyone had the bright idea to do this.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday June 26 2017, @02:46PM (1 child)
Citation needed; I think you're just mistaken, perhaps because steel studs are so light. Steel studs are light because they're super-thin; they're not meant to support any kind of load at all, except for the drywall that's screwed to them. There's no possible reason to use aluminum for any building on land for this purpose; steel is much cheaper and probably works much better too (sheet aluminum isn't very good for screwing things into, the screws will just pull through; when you do screw things into aluminum, it's generally rather thick or a high-grade alloy).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @03:17PM
In 1991, I had a house built in Canada and for the finished basement, the contractor used aluminum studs to hang the drywall on for the interior walls. Before doing so, he asked my permission and after confirming there would be no upcharge, I agreed and he used the aluminum studs. I don't know why he wanted to use aluminum studs. Maybe he had some left over from a previous job? Anyway, they worked fine, the drywall stayed up and we had no problems.