Son of Harley boss given first ever project manager role on Grenfell refurb

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Inquiry hears the project manager at the scheme’s cladding specialist did not think understanding Building Regulations was part of his job

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard that the son of cladding specialist Harley Facades was just 25 when he took on the role of project manager for the company’s work on the west London block, which caught fire in 2017 with the loss of 72 lives.

Ben Bailey – now 30 – told today’s hearing that he had been a site manager for a previous Harley job, Merit House in Colindale, north-west London, but that Grenfell had essentially been his first project manager-role with Harley.

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