Link: https://www.nrla.org.uk/news/what-you-need-to-know-smoke-and-co-alarms-in-properties New legislation effective from October 1, 2022, mandates that social housing must install smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, aligning it with private…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61693778 A fire and explosion at a storage depot near Chittagong, Bangladesh, have resulted in at least 49 deaths and hundreds of injuries, with…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61654246 Five years after the Grenfell fire, the UK government has banned the use of dangerous polyethylene-cored cladding in new building projects, extending restrictions…
Link: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/lendlease/lendlease-sued-for-140m-over-defective-nhs-hospital-26-05-2022/ Lendlease is being sued by Northumbria NHS Trust for £140 million over alleged fire-safety defects and other issues in the emergency hospital it…
Link: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/suppliers-battle-to-recover-materials-supplied-to-collapsed-modular-firm-25-05-2022/ Subcontractors are struggling to recover materials supplied to Caledonian Modular’s failed 279-room aparthotel project in Canary Wharf, for which they were not paid.…
Link: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-engineers-invent-world-s-first-zero-emissions-cement Cambridge engineers have developed the world’s first zero emissions cement, which recycles Portland cement using a process that combines steel and cement recycling…
Link: A fire involving five electric buses erupted in a garage in Hertfordshire, sending thick black smoke visible for miles and prompting a significant emergency…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61533968 Five people were injured when parts of spectator stands collapsed during a Trooping the Colour rehearsal in London, with two taken to major…
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10832683/Multi-millionaire-faces-530-000-bill-built-4m-house-close-neighbours.html Multi-millionaire motivational speaker Alex MacPhail faces a £530,000 bill after his £4 million house was built too close to his neighbors, encroaching on…
Link: https://propertyinvestorpost.com/london-landlord-handed-huge-fine-of-268000/ The NRLA is urging the government to unfreeze housing benefit rates to help tenants during winter. An Edwardian school in Walsall is set…
