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 ...

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

The cladding panels and insulation boards used on the walls of Grenfell Tower contributed roughly equal amounts of suffocating gas to the toxic smoke that trapped and killed the victims of the blaze, ...

Manufacturers of flammable insulation used on Grenfell Tower committed a “fraud on the market” by “overengineering” to pass a fire safety test and erroneously marketing the material as being safe, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies that made the cladding and insulation used on Grenfell Tower will be questioned this week as an ...

For this 4-story residential building containing 11 low-energy apartments, the architects set out to meet all the environmental requirements set by the City of Paris, particularly those in regard to ...

In the wake of Grenfell, dozens of councils nationwide have been stripping polyethylene-filled panels from buildings The government has warned landlords that stripping suspect cladding from buildings ...

Jonathan Roper says Celotex was ‘dishonest’ in second test of foam boards after they failed first one Executives who sold combustible insulation for use on Grenfell Tower perpetrated a “fraud on the ...