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'Unsafe cladding' work still a challenge - expert
Birmingham Mail
|October 08, 2025
REMEDIATION PROCESS 'STILL IN EARLY STAGES' EIGHT YEARS AFTER GRENFELL
Seventy-two people lost their lives in the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster. Above, visiting professor Mike Leonard
A CONSTRUCTION expert says the process of removing unsafe cladding from West Midlands homes to prevent another Grenfell is still a “challenge”.
Visiting Professor Mike Leonard, from Birmingham City University (BCU), is working with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) on its new West Midlands Remediation Acceleration Plan.
The initiative aims to fast-track the removal of flammable cladding from residential buildings over 11 metres tall.
And Professor Leonard said it was time to tackle the “cladding crisis” still making life a misery for people in the region.
This story is from the October 08, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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