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PLUS: £900m funding gap for Scottish cladding remediation
 
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Peter Barker, Technical Manager at Warrington Fire, highlighted the critical importance of effective passive fire protection measures, through a fire door and fire stopping test, and a fire resistant glazing test at FIREX 2022 in May. We report back on the key points made during the session.  



 
Marking the fifth anniversary of the fire this week, Rebecca Croton underlines the importance of cultural change within the UK industry to mitigate against such a disaster from happening again. 

 
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As the move to identify and remove dangerous cladding on high-risk buildings continues across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire and the inquiry’s findings, the Scottish Government has identified a £900million shortfall to carry out remediation work.