All Grenfell inquiry articles – Page 6
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Staff urged Arconic to stop selling Grenfell cladding after hearing it could ‘burn like a truck of oil’
Manufacturer was warned a decade before the Grenfell fire that significant use of ACM panels could kill ‘60-70 people’
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Installation of Grenfell cavity barriers ‘poorest I’ve ever seen’ witness tells inquiry
Manufacturer’s technical officer says ‘fundamental errors’ made by Osborne Berry
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Grenfell cavity barriers only approved nine days after fire, inquiry hears
Installed barriers had not been tested prior to use on tower’s refurbishment
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Building control officer felt pressured into writing ‘fanbloodytastic’ safety certificate, Grenfell Inquiry hears
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
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BRE manager admits missing rigged fire test was ‘very basic error’, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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‘No question of anything sinister going on,’ test rig installer tells Grenfell Inquiry
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’
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Kingspan was a ‘significant source of revenue’ for BRE, Grenfell Inquiry hears
BRE consultant emailed colleague saying desktop studies of Grenfell insulation could be ‘huge source of income’
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Grenfell digest: What we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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BRE warned about Kingspan’s misuse of fire tests four years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Celotex manager emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013
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Government defeats rebel MPs over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
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Grenfell witness’s evidence challenged as BRE lawyer emails inquiry
Phil Clark blames Grenfell testing errors on burn hall being a ‘busy place’
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BRE technician denies being aware fire test was rigged, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Phil Clark refutes claims he knew magnesium oxide boards had been added to ensure Celotex product passed checks
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Random testing of construction products proposed by certification group
Post-Grenfell reforms outlined in BBA safety standards consultation would see inspectors checking products already on market
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Manager warned Arconic to sell safer cladding ‘as matter of urgency’ two years before Grenfell fire
But firm continued selling Reynobond PE panels in UK until a week after tragedy
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Grenfell Inquiry digest: What we learnt from Arconic this week
Hearings focused on the degree to which manufacturer had misled customers over the fire performance of its ACM cladding panels
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Manager of Grenfell cladding manufacturer warned firm was ‘not clean’
Arconic president tells Grenfell inquiry staff lied to clients over fire performance
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Shocking Grenfell evidence sees Kingspan announce root and branch reform
Initiatives include head of compliance, confidential hotline, staff clear-out and review of division by law firm
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Grenfell cladding boss denies withholding test results was ‘deliberate concealment’
British regulator was not told of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears
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Arconic technical manager ‘arranged’ for Grenfell cladding tests to pass, inquiry told
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m
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Chief inspector of buildings named to head up new safety regulator
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’