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I suppose the $64,000 question is this: how many other Grenfell Towers are out there, and how can they be identified? The scope would probably be pretty clear i

I suppose the $64,000 question is this: how many other Grenfell Towers are out there, and how can they be identified? The scope would probably be pretty clear if it were just a matter of one negligent construction company, but it seems like this is a problem that spans the whole chain of approving, selecting, selling, and installing this product category.

samizdis 6y ago
A news report from June of this year suggests a figure of 2,000 other UK buildings affected: https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/2000-buildings-still-have-grenfell-cladding-despite-promise-remove-month-12843420/ https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/2000-buildings-still-have-gre... Edited to add: The UK government publishes "ACM [aluminium composite material] remediation data" every month. This is "being collected to help the Building Safety Programme make buildings safe and to make people feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in the future". https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cla...
DanBC 6y ago
They are being identified. It's causing problems for some home-owners. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/08/28/the-cladding-trap-thousands-fearful-in-the-shadow-of-grenfell/ https://bylinetimes.com/2020/08/28/the-cladding-trap-thousan...
walshemj 6y ago
Lots in my local town there was a new development where a lot of flats and a new hotel have had to have cladding replaced.
xxpor 6y ago
Anyone know the status of the legality of similar cladding and insulation in the US?
postingawayonhn 6y ago
I haven't been following what's happening in the UK but here in the Australian state of Victoria (we had a couple of cladding fires too) the government established an organisation called Cladding Safety Victoria. They're identifying all buildings with this sort of cladding and coordinating replacement. They just started on my apartment building this week (there's only a small section around the main entry).

samizdis 6y ago

A news report from June of this year suggests a figure of 2,000 other UK buildings affected: https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/2000-buildings-still-have-grenfell-cladding-despite-promise-remove-month-12843420/ https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/2000-buildings-still-have-gre... Edited to add: The UK government publishes "ACM [aluminium composite material] remediation data" every month. This is "being collected to help the Building Safety Programme make buildings safe and to make people feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in the future". https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cla...

DanBC 6y ago

They are being identified. It's causing problems for some home-owners. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/08/28/the-cladding-trap-thousands-fearful-in-the-shadow-of-grenfell/ https://bylinetimes.com/2020/08/28/the-cladding-trap-thousan...

walshemj 6y ago

Lots in my local town there was a new development where a lot of flats and a new hotel have had to have cladding replaced.

xxpor 6y ago

Anyone know the status of the legality of similar cladding and insulation in the US?

postingawayonhn 6y ago

I haven't been following what's happening in the UK but here in the Australian state of Victoria (we had a couple of cladding fires too) the government established an organisation called Cladding Safety Victoria. They're identifying all buildings with this sort of cladding and coordinating replacement. They just started on my apartment building this week (there's only a small section around the main entry).