Building control body joked about ‘burning’ issue of misleading Kingspan certificate, Grenfell inquiry hears

By Tom Lowe2021-12-10T11:30:00

Comment followed new tests showing insulation had continued to burn for 20 minutes after end of test

A former managing director of a building control body joked that the issue of a misleading certificate for a combustible insulation product used on Grenfell tower had been “burning for a LONG time”.

Lorna Stimpson had been referring to a certificate issued by the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) for Kingspan’s K15 insulation which wrongly suggested it was a material of ‘limited combustibility’.

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