'Unsafe cladding' work still a challenge - expert

REMEDIATION PROCESS 'STILL IN EARLY STAGES' EIGHT YEARS AFTER GRENFELL

- GURDIP THANDI

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.