To demolish high-rise buildings, engineers often opt for 'top down' techniques, whereby a number of small, car-sized ...

There is a version of Grenfell Tower I have never visited, but in some ways I know it. Over the seven years I spent reporting ...

After the partial collapse of Ronan Point ... fire containment system could fail. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, which claimed the lives of 72 people, risks in LPS buildings were ...

Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, which claimed the lives ... Ronan Point in Canning Town partially collapsed in 1968 after a gas explosion High-rise tower block buildings are defined ...

Not all LPS blocks are necessarily dangerous but their structure means they are more prone to defects and weaknesses, and some blocks which have been strengthened or had remediati ...

The owners of apartments inside a troubled high-rise in Western Sydney are on the brink of ruin, unable to cover an $18 million bill to replace the building’s highly flammable and potentially deadly ...

After a similar block - Ronan Point in Canning Town, east London - partially collapsed ... the compartmentation fire containment system could fail. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 ...

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