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UK: All Building Cladding Samples Tested Failed Fire Safety!

posted by martyb on Monday June 26 2017, @07:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the Going-With-The-Crowd dept.

BK writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Monday June 26 2017, @07:44PM (3 children)

    by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 26 2017, @07:44PM (#531489)

    Wonder what insulation they have up in Scotland (possibly a lot of it...), since that turned out to be as bad as the cladding...

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Pax on Tuesday June 27 2017, @12:18AM (2 children)

    by Pax (5056) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @12:18AM (#531663)

    Wonder what insulation they have up in Scotland (possibly a lot of it...), since that turned out to be as bad as the cladding...

    it's subject to the same strict fire and building regulations regulations as cladding here. We have much stricter building regulations for fire and have done since 2005.

    • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Thursday June 29 2017, @07:16PM (1 child)

      by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 29 2017, @07:16PM (#533043)

      Regulations are useless if not enforced. The cladding used does not meet the letter of English building regs. but was still used.

      Meanwhile University halls of residence in Edinburgh (in Scotland, right?) have been found to have same cladding as Grenfell.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40414502 [bbc.co.uk]

      Ho hum...

      • (Score: 1) by Pax on Thursday June 29 2017, @09:49PM

        by Pax (5056) on Thursday June 29 2017, @09:49PM (#533113)

        Edinburgh Uni i8s in a lot of shit for a lot of things lately with reference to breaking regulations bud.

        however..... with reference to local council/housing associations... not a single building with that stuff on it.

        Expect to hear a LOT in the new soon about Edinburgh uni ;)