baa99 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 It sound like a scene from a third world country ... or from the Victorian era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Oliver Twist ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 I was watching some aircraft crash documentaries. The case of Swiss Air 111 came up and this Polyethylene insulation was the main reason the fire was so intense and spread so fast. Lessons learned in one industry (aviation) weren't applied to the building industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Lessons learned in one industry (aviation) weren't applied to the building industry. Not so. Applied but not followed. Builder deviated from building code to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Not so. Applied but not followed. Builder deviated from building code to save money. No, the UK code allows that Polyethylene cladding. They (counsel) deviated from the design, that spec'd a different cladding, to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 The core differed not the cladding. Saved the contractor around $7.00 a square meter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 More than 100 buildings have failed the latest round of Government combustibility testing in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. At least 111 buildings did not pass the tests, with 90 of the buildings being local authority or housing association owned or managed, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The results are the latest from a round of more robust checks after construction industry experts expressed concern over the 100 per cent failure rate of hundreds of samples tested in the weeks following the deadly blaze. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-fire-111-buildings-fail-new-government-dclg-fire-safety-tests-combustibility-bre-a7874106.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 A large fire has ripped through a residential skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates - for the second time in two years. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40822269 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted August 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Wouldn't happen on the BCA's watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I guess sticking petrol on the sides of buildings is not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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