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Grenfell contractor was ‘thorough’ checking work, manager says

By 2020-07-28T06:00:00

Grenfell Tower toward the end of its ill-fated refurbishment

Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Main contractor’s final site manager was drafted in after project manager and contracts manager quit

The final site manager for Grenfell Tower’s ill-fated refurbishment has told the inquiry into 2017’s disaster that he believed Rydon had been “quite thorough” in overseeing the quality of work delivered in the project.

David Hughes said he had been drafted onto the project in October 2015 at one day’s notice, following the departure of main contractor Rydon’s contracts manager Simon Lawrence and project manager Simon O’Connor.

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