Structural safety group CROSS has issued a ‘red alert’ after receiving reports of construction work, including cladding remediation, blocking smoke vents on buildings.

Newham Council is the first local authority to prosecute successfully a building owner that failed to remove dangerous cladding from a residential high-rise. 

Housing association Hyde Group has won £10.8m in damages and costs from contractor Mulalley following a court battle over defective cladding.

Housing association Hyde Group has won £10.8m in damages and costs from contractor Mulalley following a court battle over defective cladding.

Balfour Beatty has failed in its attempt to force an architect to search its archives for any documents relating to a legal dispute over cladding defects on a building completed 13 years ago.

Balfour Beatty has failed in its attempt to force an architect to search its archives for any documents relating to a legal dispute over cladding defects on a building completed 13 years ago.