All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 97
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NewsBRE 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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NewsRandom 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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NewsManager 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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NewsDeveloper funds replacement for Alexander McQueen pub after unique planning condition
Council insisted Buckley Gray Yeoman scheme include LGBTQ+ venue
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NewsGreen light for Avanti’s 130-home Redbridge regeneration schemes
Practice to build new blocks at two east London estates
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NewsMore details revealed of Publica’s £235m Oxford Street revamp
Scheme to include 25m high artificial mountain designed by MVRDV
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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsManager 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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NewsCaruso St John among finalists for Highgate Cemetery competition
Winners in contest for architectural and landscaping upgrades at world-famous burial ground to be announced in May
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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsDLA lands Poulson pool job after Make and Allies & Morrison plans sink without trace
DLA Architecture is third practice to be appointed on site since legendary pool’s 2009 demolition
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NewsArconic 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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NewsChief inspector of buildings named to head up new safety regulator
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
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NewsArconic stopped offering Grenfell cladding in France because of fire safety concerns, inquiry hears
But UK sales manager says he was never given the instruction
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NewsGreen light for Make’s ivy-clad office that claims to be fossil fuel-free
Riverside building to be located in Salford’s new central business district
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from product manufacturers last week
Details of combustible materials were kept under wraps, inquiry hears in first week back after two-month pause
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NewsLee Evans given thumbs-up for giant Kent school campus
Scheme in Ebbsfleet Garden City to be one of Kent’s largest-ever educational facilities
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Arconic sales manager ‘knew cladding would burn’
Internal email in 2014 warned of dangers of ACM after Middle East fires
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Arconic ‘ordered staff not to share details of combustible cladding’
Alarmed manager told sales staff who asked to share technical documents: ‘OH MY LORD!!! Where did you get that from???’
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NewsArchitect slams RSHP’s British Library extension as ‘acoustic cover of Wilson’s high-tech power ballad’
Controversial plans to be lodged in May will also see the demolition of Long Kentish’s conservation centre