All Grenfell inquiry articles
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FeaturesValue Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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News
Bishops ramp up pressure on government and industry over cladding scandal
Groups take ‘polluter pays’ message to Tory conference, as a leaseholder’s suicide is reported
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Industry launches post-Grenfell code for construction products
Initiative aims to fight misleading marketing by firms after inquiry heard shocking evidence
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Grenfell main contractor blames testing houses and certifying bodies for disaster
Rydon tells inquiry that makers of dangerous cladding materials had been ‘assisted’ in getting their products to market
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Compliance of Grenfell cladding was responsibility of others, Arconic tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime
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Studio E labelled ‘hapless and inept’ in Grenfell summing up
Closing remarks on latest phase of Grenfell Inquiry says construction more focussed on profit while BBA branded ‘hopelessly weak’
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Grenfell: External walls should have been checked in fire safety assessment, inquiry told
Fire consultant Barbara Lane contradicts earlier evidence given by expert witness Colin Todd
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Government set to confirm demolition of Grenfell Tower this month
Inquiry resumes this week with further evidence from fire safety expert Barbara Lane
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Opinion
On building safety, professional qualifications should count
The new safety bill aims to mandate competence, but it would make much more sense to mandate qualifications
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Key principles of Hackitt’s ‘golden thread’ revealed
Working group publishes details and definitions to ensure implementation of Hackitt’s recommendations
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Government ditches EWS1 forms for buildings below 18m
Ministers and mortgage lenders back changes after research finds ‘no systemic risk of fire’ in smaller blocks
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Opinion
For many architects the cladding crisis is personal
Eleanor Jolliffe describes what it is like to design high-rises by day and navigate costly problems with your own home by night
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US court gives Arconic investors all-clear to take legal action over Grenfell fire
Shareholders claim firm knew its cladding was dangerous but used it on high-rise projects anyway
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Grenfell Inquiry to be brought to the stage
Team that dramatised Stephen Lawrence inquiry is behind Grenfell: Value Engineering
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Architects fear extra cost of building reforms will land on their shoulders
£1bn cost of Building Safety Bill could be passed down food chain as viability threatened
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Features
All our Building Safety Bill coverage in one place
Keep up to date with our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and expert analysis
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News
Safety reforms set to make PI ‘even harder and more expensive’
Architects face ‘shitty few years’, says leading insurance consultant
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Alan Jones criticises Building Safety Bill for ‘not fully addressing’ industry’s shortcomings
Fractured nature of construction threatens to undermine good intentions, RIBA president adds
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‘Avalanche of claims’ could distract from effort to reform building safety, architect warns
Industry told to brace for flood of historic claims unleashed by bill, as Arb gets new powers
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Tory MP brands Building Safety Bill a ‘sticking plaster’
Stephen McPartland accuses the government of lacking the will to fix cladding scandal
