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>Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 there’s been much greater scrutiny on fire safety in apartment buildings. I don't know. The subject comes up every now a
by FridayoLeary 5y ago
>Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 there’s been much greater scrutiny on fire safety in apartment buildings.
I don't know. The subject comes up every now and then on the radio, and i am shocked anew by how little seems to be getting done. The subject of cladding seems to have been relegated to the endless and exhausting realm of Whitehall bureaucracy (the finest in the world), instead of being treated as the national emergency it is. I saw the plume of smoke rising from Grenfell tower, and the criminally sluggish response of our government to adress it seems incredible.
- 88 5y agoOf course there are tiresome legal and political battles about who will pick up the bill for remediation activities. When the cost for individual buildings is in the millions of pounds, that is to be expected. But to suggest little has been done is nonsense. Essentially everyone involved in high-rise buildings has been spurred into action in one way or another, from residents to developers, contractors, property managers, insurers, mortgage lenders, etc. This flurry of activity has also uncovered a raft of other construction defects or fire safety issues in buildings beyond combustible cladding.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoDon't see why apartment owners should be forced to carry the buck.