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Approved Document B consultation

Views are from CWCT Members are sought on the latest Approved Document B consultation.

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Use of CE marking for construction products extended

Extention until 30 June 2025.

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Façades and the race to zero carbon

Please click on the link below for our latest sustainability guidance.

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New CWCT Technical Notes Published

We have recently published three new Technical Notes:

  • TN101 - Investigating water leakage through the building envelope;
  • TN102 - Decision tables for site watertightness testing of walls;
  • TN105 - England 2021 Building Regulation Overview – Energy performance.

CWCT Members can download these from the Cladding Forum.  Non-members can purchase them here

Embodied carbon worked example

Following publication of our embodied carbon methodology for facades last month, we have just published a worked example based on the methodology to help guide users through the process. 

The worked example is included when the methodology is purchased and available to CWCT Members to download from the Cladding Forum.

https://www.cwct.co.uk/products/how-to-calculate-the-embodied-carbon-of-facades-a-methodology

CWCT Newsletter

Latest CWCT Newsletter

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Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK)

Details of recent façade related safety reports published by CROSS-UK.

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Increased guarding height for residential buildings

New guarding requirements introduced by approved document O. 

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CWCT AGM and Members’ Meeting 2022

CWCT AGM and Members’ Meeting 2022

A summary of our 2022 AGM and Members' Meeting.

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Access to the Cladding Forum for CWCT Members

Details on how to access the Cladding Forum for CWCT Members.  The Cladding Forum is where Members can access free publications such as Technical Notes and our work on sustainability, including the new embodied carbon methodology.

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