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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Following a deadly residential tower fire in London, Australian authorities have been told an audit of high-rise buildings with cladding ...

The Fire Protection Association (FPA) has won the right to carry out BS8414 tests backed by UKAS accreditation. BS8414, which comprises two parts, concerns the fire performance of external cladding ...

Dubai A lack of adequate and up-to-date building codes for the exterior construction of high-rise buildings is adding to concerns that poor quality cladding is posing a significant fire hazard. Only ...

Facade and fire testing experts have welcomed news of an addendum to the UAE Fire and Life Safety code banning the use of non fire-rated exterior cladding panels on high-rise buildings. The ...

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, ...