Peter Apps

Ed Daffarn lived in Grenfell Tower for 16 years, and advocated for residents. In a blog post, written months before the fire, he had warned “only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the KCTMO”. As the ninth anniversary approaches, he talks to Peter Apps

Transfer slabs that have not been safely designed or installed are an emerging new risk to resident safety in high rises. What can be done? Peter Apps reports

Peter Apps catches up with Andrew Lawrence, a structural engineer and expert in building safety, to find out what should be done about transfer slabs

The Building Safety Regulator’s Remediation Improvement Plan aims to get remediation projects moving through its system faster, and fix its long-standing problem with delays. Peter Apps examines whether these changes will do the job

Personal emergency evacuation plans will require landlords to identify residents in higher-risk buildings who may find it difficult to escape from a fire, and take steps to make them safer. But will the regulations work? And do they go far enough? Peter Apps finds out

Insurers have warned that redrafts of official guidance on cladding remediation “do not go far enough”, meaning residents could still be exposed to high premiums even after work completes

PAS 9980 was intended to help solve the country’s most pressing building safety risks, but the guidance appears open to exploitation. Peter Apps speaks to experts to find out more

Positive input ventilation units are marketed to the social housing sector as an easy solution to damp and mould, providing “fresh, filtered air”. But if improperly installed, they can have dangerous health impacts. Peter Apps reports