All fire safety articles
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NewsNew fire safety assessment for external wall construction launched
British Standards Institution consults on code of practice in wake of Grenfell tragedy
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Government appoints former chief construction adviser to review product testing
Quantity surveyor Paul Morrell to co-chair review following shocking evidence at Grenfell Inquiry
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One in ten ACM-clad towers yet to start remediation
Four more buildings also discovered containing the fire-risk material
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Websites correct use of inaccurate fire ratings to sell Grenfell insulation
Building revelead five sites were still selling combustible insulation with out-of-date data
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Websites still selling combustible insulation used on Grenfell with inaccurate data
Two firms have corrected the mistake after being alerted
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Optivo to spend £120m on building safety remediation work
Housing association hires contractor as Greenwich council also appoints builders for fire safety
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Former Grenfell insulation boss denies MPs’ dinner was attempt to stop combustibles ban
Senior Kingspan staff attended January 2018 dinner at Palace of Westminster months after Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
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Kingspan director denies misleading Grenfell Inquiry over rigged fire test
Adrian Pargeter says ‘powers of recollection…deserted me’ when giving evidence last December
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Owners of 900 unsafe buildings ‘unable to provide basic information’, minister says
Housing minister Chris Pincher says issue is slowing down safety push
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Bellway sees interim profit drop on fire safety costs
Pre-tax profit hit by £20m charge despite record completions in first six months of the year
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Certification body not set up to counter ‘deliberate misrepresentation’
‘Maybe we were naive,’ admits chief scientific officer as inquiry hears Arconic ignored 11 requests for information
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MPs reject bid to protect leaseholders from recladding costs
House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill is voted down by government
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Ousted Kier boss to chair Hull fire safety firm
Haydn Mursell left the top job at Kier two years ago
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Certifier reprimanded for ‘serious’ error in Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
BBA’s certificate for Kingspan product described by inquiry counsel as ‘dangerously misleading’
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Manufacturer changed Grenfell cladding without alerting certifier, inquiry hears
Arconic did not formally update British Board of Agrement when it changed the core of its ACM panels
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Government suffers Lords defeat on leaseholder liability for repairs
House of Lords votes to reinsert amendment protecting leaseholders from cladding costs
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Certifier based insulation fire rating on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive of the BBA said he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
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BBA issued 'materially wrong' certificate for Grenfell ACM, inquiry hears
Certifying body’s project manager admits never seeing crucial test data before issuing Arconic with renewal of flawed document
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Grenfell cladding firm warned in 2007 that panels could kill 70 people
Manager told Arconic of expert’s prediction that ACM panels would burn like a ‘truck of 19,000 litre oil’
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Grenfell Inquiry told of ‘fundamental errors’ in cavity barrier installation
Manufacturer says work was of ‘poorest standard’ it had ever seen
