Big blaze in barking

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To be fair, I guess this happens quite a lot in local authority projects. Time and again, the local authority just want the cheapest possible price, regardless.
The contractors will invariably cut corners to make it viable.

 

[Poi E]

Failure of local authority supervision and/or corruption. Supervision of contractors probably farmed out, too.

 

[Cid]

Afaik this was a fully private development. Mostly rented.

 

[teuchter]

BRE report on balcony fires

Fire safety issues with Balconies | BRE Group

 

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Failure of local authority supervision and/or corruption. Supervision of contractors probably farmed out, too.

As far as I can make out, this fire would be entirely possible even with everyone following building regulations and the installation being done correctly.

Basically there's not anything in the regulations to stop the use of combustible materials in balconies on buildings that are less than 18m tall and where the balconies don't form part of an escape route.

 

[GarveyLives]

"During a meeting at the Thames View Community Centre, developer Bellway Homes' regional chairman Ian Gorst was asked by one of the residents whether the cladding on Samuel Garside House, in De Pass Gardens, Barking Riverside, was fire retardant.

He said: "The cladding is not fire retardant."

Cladding on Barking block where flats were destroyed by blaze was not fire retardant, developer reveals

 

[teuchter]

A statement from TRADA

News | TRADA

 

[Pickman's model]

A statement from TRADA

News | TRADA

from the faq

so pls could you say what trada is and why your link is relevant?