Grenfell fire: what now for the housing sector?

摘要

Following June's horrific Grenfell Tower inferno, professionals responsible for delivering new homes are under unprecedented scrutiny. Architects' social housing landlord clients have been quick to react-ordering checks of building materials, carrying out new fire safety assessments and, in some cases, reworking schemes sitting on the drawing board. The AJ has learned that the scale of these vital checks is beginning to strain the ability of public housing landlords to work on new projects.