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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 ...
In England, From 6th April 2024, all work to build a new or alter an existing "higher-risk building" (HRB) – that is a building with seven or more floors, and with more than two dwellings – is subject to the new enhanced building safety regime, which is administered and enforced by the new Building Safety Regular (BSR) for England. The BSR ...
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 ...
The Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT) is a publisher of standards and guidance only (not regulations), on corrosion, intrusion, fenestration, weather and fire resistance, acoustic and impact performance, of building envelopes, facades, cladding and glazing.
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]
Rainscreen cladding is a form of weather cladding designed to protect against the elements, but also offers thermal insulation. The cladding does not need, itself, to be waterproof, merely a control element: it may serve only to direct water or wind safely away in order to control run-off and prevent its infiltration into the building structure.
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