Burning cladding on Grenfell Tower would have released 14 times more heat than a key government test allows, the Victoria Derbyshire show has learned. Energy emitted from the cladding and insulation ...
Major insulation and cladding manufacturers have engaged in “sinister” attempts to undermine building regulations and have manipulated the testing regime to present dangerous products as safe, the ...
Footage from BBC Panorama shows what happens when the insulation and the cladding that covered Grenfell Tower is exposed to a flame. The cladding core melts and lights the insulation, the video shows.
An official test of the types of materials used at Grenfell Tower suggest that designs like that used in the tower's cladding are fundamentally flawed, Newsnight can reveal. A so-called "fire test" is ...
Combustible cladding could be banned on high-rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire despite a review of building regulations concluding it was not necessary. On a chaotic day at ...
Strongwell’s Strongirt® is the ideal continuous insulation (CI) cladding attachment support system. This all-FRP fiberglass pultruded composite uses a custom fire-retardant resin system and unique ...
Metal cladding is on a growth trajectory globally. This is reflected in rising demand for rainscreen cladding, which market research firm VMR values currently at over $10 billion worldwide, and ...
Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...
Burning cladding on Grenfell Tower would have released 14 times more heat than a key government test allows, the Victoria Derbyshire show has learned. Energy emitted from the cladding and insulation ...