Exterior cladding functions as the first layer of defense between a structure and environmental exposure”— Elwin ...

Building designers now have a plethora of cladding materials and systems to choose from, but conventional small scale fire tests may not always be appropriate. Sarah Colwell sets out the latest ...

Although many building products offering lower environmental impacts are combustible, it is still possible to use them in a cladding system by testing the cladding system as a whole, as Tony Baker ...

The cladding on Grenfell Tower was used on other buildings hit by fires around the world, the BBC has learned. The exterior cladding, added in 2015, had a polyethylene - or plastic - core instead of ...