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ACM cladding removal gets Welsh state funding

Source: http://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com

The Welsh government has set aside £3m to fund the removal of non-compliant aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding from housing association tower blocks.Housing and regeneration minister Rebecca Evans (pictured centre) announced the move to enable Newport City Homes to replace cladding on three tower blocks in the city yesterday.The buildings are believed to be the only three in the Welsh social housing sector to have been confirmed as having ACM systems corresponding with those which failed large-scale combustibility tests following the Grenfell Tower disaster in London last year.