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The National House Building Council (NHBC), established in 1936, is the UK's largest provider of new home warranties. NHBC is also the UK's largest single Approved Inspector for Building Regulations. Other activities include the provision of services linked to house building and general construction; including energy ratings, health and safety ...
BS 8414 is a 2002 British Standard describing test methods to assess fire safety of cladding applied to the external face of a building. The latest version was issued in 2020. The two-part standard describes methods for testing the cladding in two different setups, and has been ported to standards in countries such as Australia, Malaysia and ...
The United Kingdom cladding crisis, also known as the cladding scandal, is an ongoing social crisis that followed the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017 and the Bolton Cube fire of 15 November 2019. The fires revealed that large numbers of buildings had been clad in dangerously combustible materials, comprising a combination of flammable ...
In the short term, this scheme sought to identify and remediate buildings with unsafe cladding. The problems that it variously exposed, compounded, and remedied constitute the cladding crisis. The programme is, longer-term, leading to a new regulatory framework for building safety, a Building Safety Bill, and a new Building Safety Regulator. [4 ...
Rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome rose 12% between 2020 and 2022, even though overall mortality rates have decreased, according to a new study ... A 2021 analysis of images on Instagram showed ...
The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a building code created by the International Code Council in 2000. It is a model code adopted by many states and municipal governments in the United States for the establishment of minimum design and construction requirements for energy efficiency.
On 7 February 2024, the company made an agreed offer to acquire Redrow for £2.5 billion. [52] On the same date, both firms had confirmed reduced revenue and profit. [53] The merged businesses would create a house builder, Barratt Redrow, turning over £7.45 billion and delivering over 22,600 homes a year. [54]
Prince Harry has been instructed to curb his spending on his next legal battle with a British newspaper group.. Two days after settling his latest claim against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun ...