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The Shameful Flammable Cladding Story in 10 seconds
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/Y0yhSlxiC5pTvhJ/download
Mr Fluffy and Combustible Cladding: Why Are Apartment Owners Being Treated Differently in Australia?
https://the-riotact.com/mr-fluffy-and-combustible-cladding-why-are-apartment-owners-being-treated-differently/809913
VIC Department of Transport and Planning Seeking Principal Lawyer Commercial Disputes (Salary up to $180 K/a) with a focus on the State’s Cladding Cost Recovery Litigation (CCRL)
The cladding cost recovery program includes the management of commercial litigation and ADR to recover funds spent by the State of Victoria to rectify non-compliant combustible cladding and to hold responsible practitioners to account.
https://careers.vic.gov.au/job/principal-lawyer-commercial-disputes-829103
C4 News: Half of Buildings Identified with Dangerous Cladding Have Not Started Work on Replacement (19/09/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGz9pjnfvc
‘Hopefully We’ll Get Down the Stairs Fast Enough’: Residents Still Caught in Cladding Crisis After Grenfell
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-building-safety-cladding-fire-dagenham-b2603983.html
Mother Relives Terror of Locked Exits During Dagenham Tower Inferno as Families Struggle on in Hotels
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dagenham-tower-fire-freshwater-block-b2611790.html
Flammable Cladding Crisis Shows Why Research Must Now Prioritise Inhabitants
https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/commentaries/research-prioritise-inhabitants.html
IN CASED YOU MISSED IT !
Who is Responsible for Victoria’s Combustible Cladding Epidemic?
https://www.holdingredlich.com/who-is-responsible-for-victoria-s-combustible-cladding-epidemic
Singapore: Manager Convicted Over Selling Building Cladding Without Fire-Safety Approval; Prosecution Seeks 3 Years’ Jail
https://www.todayonline.com/news/manager-guilty-cheat-sell-cladding-no-fire-safety-approval-2481216
The Grenfell Report: Who Was at Fault?
https://theweek.com/politics/the-grenfell-report
The Grenfell Report Finds BBA both “Incompetent” and Willing to Accommodate Clients Instead of Insisting on Rigorous Standards
https://theweek.com/politics/the-grenfell-report
Calls for the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to be Stripped of its Responsibility for Certifying Building Materials, following the release of the Grenfell Final Report
https://builtoffsite.com.au/news/calls-for-bre-to-step-back-from-certifying-mmc-materials-post-grenfell/
What Was Found from The Grenfell Inquiry Report, And What Are the Repercussions for Construction Businesses and Insurance?
https://www.romeroinsurance.co.uk/news/what-was-found-from-the-grenfell-inquiry-report-and-what-are-the-repercussions-for-construction-businesses-and-insurance/
How Can Construction Industry Rebuild Trust After the Grenfell Inquiry Found So Much Evidence of ‘Dishonesty’ and ‘Incompetence’?
https://www.building.co.uk/comment/how-can-construction-rebuild-trust-after-the-grenfell-inquiry-found-so-much-evidence-of-dishonesty-and-incompetence/5131456.article
Cladding Boss Claude Wehrle Denies Responsibility for Grenfell Fire
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/cladding-boss-denies-responsibility-for-grenfell-fire/ar-AA1q6gp0?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
Grenfell Tower was a ‘Death Trap’ After Failures by UK Government and Industry, Inquiry Says
https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/world/grenfell-tower-was-a-death-trap-due-to-failures-by-uk-government-and-industry-inquiry/article_fd00baf0-874e-5fcf-b355-6c74e54629ac.html
Insulation Maker Celotex Engaged in ‘Systematic Dishonesty’ to Market Combustible Cladding, Final Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report Finds
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/hadleigh/insulation-maker-engaged-in-systematic-dishonesty-to-marke-9382808/
What Can Be Done to Solve the Global Combustible Cladding Crisis
https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/what-can-be-done-to-solve-the-global-cladding-crisis-/8039135.article
After the Grenfell Fire Inquiry: Where Are the Arrests?
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/12/dexb-s12.html
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