All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 5
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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsRICS sets out new EWS1 form guidance
Move designed to free up housing market by exempting flat blocks without cladding from need for fire assessment
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NewsBuilding control ‘pressured’ into certifying Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
Certificate from LABC became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower
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NewsMissing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ BRE manager tells Grenfell inquiry
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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NewsCelotex ‘did not conceal’ rigged insulation test from BRE, Grenfell inquiry hears
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’
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NewsGrenfell cladding firm a ‘significant source of revenue’ for BRE, inquiry told
Hearing sees emails from BRE consultant saying desktop studies of Grenfell insulation could be ‘huge source of income’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: what we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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NewsBRE told about misapplied fire tests four years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Manager at Kingspan rival Celotex emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013
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NewsTechnician tells Grenfell Inquiry ‘busy’ burn hall caused insulation testing errors
BRE’s Phil Clark said the testing room could have ‘10 people in on any given day’
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NewsGovernment defeats rebels over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
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NewsGovernment faces fire safety bill rebellion
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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NewsManager warned cladding firm to ‘urgently’ improve safety years before Grenfell fire
But Arconic continued selling Reynobond PE panels in the UK until a week after the Grenfell Tower fire
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Arconic last week
Hearings focused on the degree to which cladding manufacturer had misled customers over its ACM panels
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NewsGrenfell cladding boss denies ‘deliberate concealment’ of test results
British regulator was not told by Arconic of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears
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NewsGrenfell cladding firm ‘arranged’ for products to pass tests, inquiry hears
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m
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NewsHead of new building safety regulator appointed
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
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NewsFirm stopped selling Grenfell cladding in France over fire safety, inquiry hears
But UK sales manager of product firm Arconic says he was not told to do so in the UK
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: What we learnt from product makers last week
Details of combustible materials were kept under wraps, inquiry hears in first week back after two-month pause
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NewsWork to replace ACM cladding started on all affected social housing blocks
Government also reveals that more than 2,000 applications have been made to the Building Safety Fund
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CommentJenrick’s new developer levies are no easy answer to cladding crisis
Support from developers for the levies will surely splinter when detail emerges