A senior fire engineer told the new grenfell tower disaster inquiry that she did not think overcladding the tower block would lead to any problems during the refurbishing of the tower in 2012. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies that supplied cladding and insulation for Grenfell tower sought to circumvent fire regulations and ...

Ahead of the start of phase two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 27 January, Inside Housing is previewing some of the issues that will be under consideration. In the third of these, @PeteApps looks at ...

Whenever we think walls, we think paint or wallpaper. But there’s another way to add a dramatic touch, not spoken of much but getting trendy now, and that is cladding. Cladding is nothing but an ...