All Grenfell inquiry articles – Page 2
NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Top fire-safety official described ‘whoosh!’ as ACM panels ignited
Remark came in an email sent by DCLG’s Brian Martin 18 months before tower-block fire
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Deregulation drive slowed review of fire safety guidance by years, Grenfell inquiry told
Officials expanded initial review because of anti-red tape requirement to ’remove more rules than you add’
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Government considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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Government official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
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Cladding dangers not 'covered up', senior official tells Grenfell Inquiry
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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BRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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BRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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Government’s ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance did not consider life safety
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards, Grenfell Inquiry told
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Civil servant’s non-committal reply to fire safety query was typical, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin was responding to query on ’poorly drafted’ clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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Profits up 50% at Grenfell insulation firm Kingspan
Materials giant boosted by strong demand and acquisitions
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Government deregulation and cuts ‘hobbled’ fire safety group, Grenfell Inquiry hears
BRE taskforce was given ‘contractual requirement’ to rubber-stamp flawed regulations
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Senior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite warning of a ‘major fire’
‘Confusing’ Building Regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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‘Serious concerns’ raised about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
‘Damning’ report found lessons had not been learnt despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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Kingspan ordered to halt sales of Kooltherm K15 insulation
Insulation manufacturer recalls batches of the same product used on Grenfell after it was found to have lower than advertised fire safety performance
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Government’s guide to external wall assessments replaced
BSI publishes new fire safety guide as Gove withdraws flawed advice note
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Government must do more to fix flawed building safety regime, says Allford
RIBA president questions effectiveness of Gove’s announcements
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Government to pursue developers for £4bn cladding bill
Gove threatens legal action and funding removal if industry doesn’t meet cost of remediating blocks 11 to 18 metres tall
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Government slaps Help to Buy ban on firm because of work at Grenfell
Michael Gove puts others on notice they are in his sights as part of crackdown on companies failing to fix ‘building safety crisis’
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NHBC allowed use of Kingspan product despite describing certificate as ‘garbage’
Building control body warned twice that product was ‘accident waiting to happen’
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Opinion
Time to rethink the rulebook on building regulation
The current system is not fit for purpose. The Grenfell tragedy, climate emergency and covid-19 are three compelling reasons why we must do better, says Julia Park
