Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy. Stewart Milne Group is to use its timber frame technology to build a demonstration house that meets level 5 under the new Code for ...

Barnet council finds 580 houses with similar panels that can spread fire and warns they are ‘tip of the iceberg’ A London council has warned of a potential new national fire safety crisis after it ...

Product specification guide: advances in treatment and preservation are increasing timber’s sustainability Increasingly timber is being specified as a rainscreen cladding system for external walls. It ...

It’s mid-morning on Thursday 8 June 2023. A fire blazes through a row of four terraced houses on Moss Hall Grove in North Finchley. The London Fire Brigade receives 42 calls about the fire. When 10 ...

Timber wall systems will need to pass a large-scale fire safety test before they can be used on medium-rise residential blocks in England under building regulations being introduced by the UK ...

There has been much focus recently on the use of cladding above 18m in height and the ban on combustible materials in external wall construction of such buildings. But far less has been discussed ...