News about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Studio E Architects, plus information about fire safety and changes to the Building Regulations
The company that sold the combustible insulation used on the Grenfell Tower deliberately manipulated fire safety tests and misled customers, a former manager has told the Grenfell inquiry
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has been accused of helping manufacturers to misleadingly market their insulation products as safe for high-rise buildings
The manufacturers of the cladding and insulation installed on the Grenfell Tower manipulated fire tests, used ‘clever marketing’ and took advantage of confusion over safety regulations in the industry, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard
Four employees of the company that manufactured and sold the combustible cladding used on the Grenfell Tower are refusing to give oral evidence to the inquiry into the 2017 fire
The architectural expert to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has suggested product literature for the insulation used in the west London tower block, authored by manufacturer Celotex, was deliberately misleading
The architecture expert to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has said government guidance endorsed the installation of combustible aluminium composite panels on the west London tower block
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s architecture expert has told the inquiry architect Studio E was imprudent not to employ a specialist fire consultant when designing a new cladding system for the 24-storey west London tower
A director at the client organisation for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has defended his decision not to investigate Studio E’s experience of overcladding tower blocks
The client for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment was briefed on the outcome of the Lakanal House fire inquest just months before it embarked on the overcladding project
The client on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has insisted that main contractor Rydon gave assurances that the cladding would not burn – despite there being no record of it doing so
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