Grenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Arconic last week
Hearings focused on the degree to which cladding manufacturer had misled customers over its ACM 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 evidence at the inquiry, […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell cladding use ‘accident waiting to happen’
PA Media image captionMore than 70 people died following the fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 The use of a company’s cladding at Grenfell Tower was “an accident waiting to happen”, one of its bosses has agreed at a public inquiry. Claude Schmidt said “maybe yes” to a […] Click here to view original…
Robert Jenrick: Why department is setting up HQ here in Wolverhampton
Government Communities Minister Robert Jenrick reveals why he is moving out of London. Robert Jenrick From the moment the Prime Minister came into office, he’s shown his determination to level up the country and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to succeed, regardless of where they live. The importance […] Click here to view original…
New cladding-style fire crisis could be lurking inside Britain’s homes
The 2017 Grenfell disaster lifted the lid on decades-long hidden problems of fire safety in housebuilding. But in the wake of the scandal, interior designers argue that their sector has so far been largely overlooked…. To continue reading Already a subscriber? Log in Enjoy unlimited access to all articles […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Inquiry digest: What we learnt from Arconic this week
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…
Manager of Grenfell cladding manufacturer warned firm was ‘not clean’
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…
Cladding: Dangerous material ‘still allowed on new builds in NI’
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…
Kingspan overhauls cladding arm after Grenfell disaster
The group added that it was implementing widespread changes to its insulation board division practices including the publication of all fire test reports Kingspan says it supplied 5% of cladding at Grenfell Tower Kingspan PLC ( LON:KGP ) has apologised for what it says was “unacceptable employee conduct at […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding boss denies ‘deliberate concealment’ of test results
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…
Grenfell firm didn’t tell customers about dangers of cladding after 2009 blaze, inquiry hears
(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…
Grenfell cladding email: Keep poor test ‘confidential’
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…
Grenfell tower inquiry: Cladding firm withheld result of ‘disastrous’ product test
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…