All Grenfell Tower articles
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Delay as boss at project client ‘finds’ key notes and diaries
Shock as TMO director of assets and regeneration makes last-minute disclosure of previously unseen diaries
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Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned from the project client this week
Kenginston Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation believed it didn’t need additional design advice
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Grenfell client ‘ignored legal advice’ with secret contractor talks
TMO head of capital investment admits ‘offline’ pre-appointment summit undermined his transparency claims
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Leeds housing association chief appointed to Grenfell Inquiry panel
Ali Akbor replaces Benita Mehra, who resigned in january over links to Grenfell cladding manufacturer Arconic
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Grenfell client claims failure to appoint design advisor not down to cost
Former architect David Gibson “saw no need” for CDA but admits he did not understand cladding system proposed for tower
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Grenfell architect appointed without being asked about high-rise cladding experience
Inquiry barrister tells TMO director it was the ‘obvious question’
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Hackitt warns industry to change now to survive the new building safety regulator
Chair of board setting up the new regulator says failing to plan now ‘morally indefensible’
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Grenfell client warned project would fail without ‘fundamental’ re-appraisal
Inquiry hears consultant initially advised against simply retendering scheme to save costs but changed its mind
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Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned last week
Witnesses included consultants from QS Artelia and RBKC’s building control manager
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Grenfell client chose not to hire £30k design advisor, inquiry hears
Tenant Management Organisation appeared to struggle with design role after taking it in-house
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Embodied carbon regulations: a case of not if but when
Housebuilders will have to adapt their business model to account for tougher carbon reduction targets
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Consultant alleges ‘improper’ contact between Grenfell client and contractor
Advisor tells Inquiry he was ‘shocked’ to learn of £800k value engineering talks while procurement still live
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Grenfell Inquiry: Boss had ‘every confidence’ in project's building control officer
Council manager says surveyor only had 30 live projects and rejects allegations of ‘culture of bullying’
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What we learned at last week's Grenfell Inquiry hearings
Cladding fitters unable to explain ‘unacceptable’ errors while austerity staffing cuts hampered building control inspections
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‘Heartbroken’ building control officer laments lack of time on Grenfell refurb
Local authority surveyor blasts council staffing cuts but admits to Inquiry his checks fell short
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Government turns down half of applicants for £1bn cladding fund
More than half of the decided applications to pay for remediation of non-ACM clad buildings so far refused
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Grenfell council cut corners on inspections due to austerity, Inquiry told
Building control officer felt forced to make ‘judgments’ about whose work needed most focus
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Contractor for window surrounds ‘assumed materials were fine’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC
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Cladding subcontractor admits Grenfell work ‘unacceptable’
Osborne Berry partner cannot explain how cavity barriers were placed back-to-front and wrong way around
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Consultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘clearly’ not providing full clerk of works role
John Rowan Partners boss says ‘too many experts’ would have been required for it to check building regs compliance
