All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 9
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NewsConsultant 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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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsWhat 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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News‘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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NewsGovernment 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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NewsGrenfell 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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NewsContractor 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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NewsCladding 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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NewsConsultant 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
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week
Facades specialist questioned on project management failings and reliance on advice from suppliers
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NewsGrenfell’s flammable insulation picked to hit ‘aspirational’ sustainability target
M E consultant said safe mineral wool would not have reached energy efficiency target, inquiry hears
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NewsGrenfell cladding fabricator admits being aware safer ACM panels available
CEP sales lead quizzed about knowledge of fire-retardant version of combustible cassettes used in fatal refurbishment
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NewsSadiq Khan calls for government action on stranded leaseholders
London mayor has written to the housing secretary over flats rendered unsellable by fire safety issues
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NewsGrenfell project manager misunderstood fire warning, Inquiry hears
Project manager at cladding specialist also said“sloppy workmanship” of installation subcontractors escaped his notice
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NewsGrenfell cladding specialist denies tower was ‘guinea pig’ for new insulation
Inquiry into 2017 disaster hears insulation manufacturer Celotex wanted to use refurbishment for just-launched RS5000 product
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NewsSon of Harley boss given first ever project manager role on Grenfell refurb
Inquiry hears the project manager at the scheme’s cladding specialist did not think understanding Building Regulations was part of his job
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NewsNearly 3,000 blocks have dangerous non-ACM cladding
Sunday Times reports that 2,957 blocks containing 186,000 homes have applied for £1bn cladding replacement fund
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In FocusGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned last week
There were significant revelations as cladding specialist Harley Facades spent the week under the microscope
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NewsDesigner at Grenfell specialist grilled over missing cavity barriers
Cladding firm’s Harley Facades’ hired hand believed architect’s drawings reflected ‘different route to compliance’
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NewsHalf of ACM fire-risk blocks have had cladding removed
Latest figures show continuing scale of challenge more than three years on from Grenfell