Envelope – Page 6
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Grenfell Inquiry: Architect had not read key fire safety guidance
Studio E project lead was also not aware of spate of high-rise fires spread by cladding
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Grenfell Inquiry told cladding ‘not most complex part of project’
Studio E design lead says repurposing tower-block’s podium was biggest challenge
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Grenfell architect had never worked with ACM cladding
Bruce Sounes is second Studio E staffer to take the inquiry stand
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‘We wanted the best,’ Studio E founder tells Grenfell Inquiry
Panel hears tower refurb architect did not know how broken England’s regulatory system was
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Studio E: ‘We wouldn’t have won Grenfell refurb in competitive process’
Architect accepts firm would not have been able to demonstrate track record of similar work – but argues this is not uncommon
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Grenfell inquiry to resume next week after witnesses get guarantee from attorney general
Suella Braverman confirms evidence from witnesses will not be used to prosecute them over fire
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Building Study
Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Opinion
Building safety legislation is changing again. What does it mean for you?
Demonstrating compliance and getting insurance could be challenging, warns Andrew Mellor
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Hackitt attacks industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change
Standard practices are ’gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator
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Regulator’s powers to take at least a year, Hackitt admits
Chair of shadow body overseeing fire safety says scope of regulator to widen
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Grenfell inquiry on hold for at least two more weeks
Inquiry chair agrees to seek government agreement that evidence should not be used in future prosecutions
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Grenfell architect with no experience of high-rises appointed without Ojeu, inquiry hears
Studio E email acknowledged it was ‘a little green on process and technicality’ and proposed ‘some rapid CPD’
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Architect ‘signed off non-compliant drawings’, Grenfell Inquiry told
Studio E accused of leaving inexperienced architect ‘to sink’
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Grenfell Inquiry: London mayor seeks interim safety recommendations
Khan also calls on PM to secure rapid replacement for Benita Mehra, who resigned from inquiry panel at weekend
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Key Grenfell witnesses request immunity from prosecution before giving evidence
Inquiry chair ‘surprised’ by application from Studio E and others for privilege against self-incrimination
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Grenfell Inquiry: Studio E questions expert architect’s competence
Practice demands chance to ‘properly comment’ on Paul Hyett’s 575-page report - and that he reveal his own cladding experience
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Grenfell fire safety consultant was not sent key report, inquiry hears
Exova ’simply not involved’ in choosing cladding, firm’s QC says
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Grenfell Inquiry: Architect and other consultants ‘knew about cladding risk’
Email chain in which firms suggest cladding would fail is revealed in manufacturer’s evidence
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Grenfell Inquiry: Studio E ‘can’t afford legal team’
Phase-two hearing told architect has to make ‘difficult decisions’ about how to explain its involvement in tower-block refurb
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Developers avoiding 18m cladding rule by building lower, government official says
Combustible cladding is banned on buildings taller than 18m