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Cladding — Fire Prevention and Bringing Our Buildings up to Standard

By: Edwin Coe LLP.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 has been the unfortunate catalyst which has rightly brought fire safety to the forefront. For years building regulations have been inadequate and unclear and their enforcement lax. As a result of the tragedy local authorities and private landlords who have properties with cladding are necessarily spending significant sums of money on fire wardens and are investigating how to go about replacing and upgrading their cladding, with the cost expected to run into the millions in the case of many properties. Read more.