News about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Studio E Architects, plus information about fire safety and changes to the Building Regulations
Technical competence in design is not nearly enough to ensure public safety in a world where the clerk of works claims he wasn’t the clerk of works, says Paul Finch
The clerk of works on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has said there was confusion about his role on the project, and that his responsibilities were ‘far more limited’ than his title, listed in tender documents and emails, suggested
The project manager for the company which clad the Grenfell Tower has denied paying half-price for combustible insulation in return for using the refurbishment scheme as a ‘guinea pig’
A project designer for cladding specialist Harley said he added a combustible roofing insulation to the cladding of the Grenfell Tower because he had been told years earlier that it was safe
The cladding contractor which wrapped the Grenfell Tower in combustible materials received a near 48 per cent discount on the insulation it used, the inquiry into the 2017 fire has heard
The owner of the cladding contractor which wrapped the Grenfell Tower in flammable materials has said there is ‘widespread’ confusion over safety rules
The head of the company which designed and installed a new cladding system for the Grenfell Tower has said it is not ‘ultimately’ responsible for combustible material being fitted to the building
Labour has accused the government of going back on its promise to implement recommendations from the first phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, following a failed bid to pass them in the House of Commons
A manager at contractor Rydon emailed his boss to say the builder would be ‘quids in’ if it decided to re-clad the Grenfell Tower in aluminium composite material (ACM), rather than zinc, the inquiry into the 2017 blaze has heard
A site manager on the Grenfell Tower was described in an internal Rydon email as a ‘a chancer who wants to do as little as possible’, the inquiry into the 2017 disaster has heard
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