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NHBC chief denies building control body was Kingspan’s ‘poodle’

By 2021-12-15T12:21:00

Steve Evans

Head of technical operations denies allowing use of Kingspan to avoid ‘barrage of claims’

A building control body has denied that it continued to approve the use of a combustible product in high-rise buildings because it wanted to avoid a “barrage of claims” from customers.

Tuesday’s hearing of the Grenfell Inquiry was told how the National House Building Council (NHBC) continued to accept the use of Kingspan’s K15 insulation in buildings above 18m even after it was alerted to the product’s limited fire test.

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