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Hearings focused on the degree to which manufacturer had misled customers over the fire performance of its ACM cladding panels “Deliberate concealment” is how Grenfell Inquiry barrister Richard Millett QC described materials manufacturer Arconic’s marketing of its combustible ACM cladding. The accusation was a central theme in this week’s […] Click here to view original…

Arconic president tells Grenfell inquiry staff lied to clients over fire performance An Arconic technical manager described the firm as “not clean” to a sales executive who had been trying to sell the same type of combustible cladding panels used on the Grenfell Tower’s refurbishment, the inquiry into the […] Click here to view original…

Getty Images Alan Mayrs told the Stormont Finance Committee NI’s fire regulations are ‘weak’ New buildings in NI can still be fitted with the type of highly-flammable cladding that has caused fires in high-rise structures across the world, according to a building control expert. Stormont’s Finance Committee heard that […] Click here to view original…

British regulator was not told by Arconic of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears The president of Arconic has denied that it was “deliberate concealment” not to tell British regulators that its cladding product had burned in a test, the Grenfell inquiry has heard. Arconic president Claude […] Click here to view original…

(Getty Images) Arconic , the company which made cladding for Grenfell Tower , did not tell its customers about the dangers of one of its products following a 2009 blaze in another building because nobody was injured or died, an inquiry has heard. The president of the firm’s French […] Click here to view original…

PA Media A technical manager at the maker of the Grenfell Tower cladding told colleagues poor fire test results on the product needed to be kept “very confidential”. The request, in capital letters, was in an email sent in 2010 and produced at the public inquiry into the 2017 […] Click here to view original…

THE firm which made cladding used on Grenfell Tower did not tell certifiers about a product’s “disastrous” failed fire test despite being legally required to do so, the inquiry into the fire heard yesterday. The president of the French arm of Arconic, Claude Schmidt, agreed that the omission of […] Click here to view original…

Flames climbed insulation used on Grenfell Tower in twice the time stated in a report due to a typo made in 2005, an inquiry has heard. The “typographical error” meant a document issued by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) stated it took 10 minutes for flames to climb four […] Click here to view original…

Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newsletters A student flats block in Plymouth is set to have combustible cladding replaced due to the fire risk after an investigation following the Grenfell tragedy. Planning permission is being sought for the safety work at Central Park […] Click here to view original…