News – Page 9
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NewsShocking Grenfell evidence sees Kingspan begin root and branch reform at UK insulation boards business
Initiatives include head of compliance, confidential hotline, staff clear out and review of division by law firm
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry round-up: 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
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NewsArconic manager warned colleague that firm was ‘not clean’
President of cladding manufacturer tells Grenfell inquiry that staff lied to clients over fire performance
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NewsArconic boss denies withholding test results of Grenfell cladding was ‘deliberate concealment’
British regulator was not told of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears
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NewsArconic technical manager ‘arranged’ for Grenfell cladding tests to pass, inquiry hears
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m
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NewsChief of new building safety regulator appointed
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
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NewsArconic stopped offering French customers Grenfell cladding because of fire safety concerns, inquiry hears
But UK sales manager says he was never given the instruction
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NewsGrenfell inquiry round-up: What we learnt from Kingspan and Arconic
Details of combustible materials were kept under wraps, inquiry hears in first week back after two-month pause
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: Arconic did not withdraw combustible cladding because of ‘cost implications’
Sales manager made admission in secretly recorded phone call in the days after the fire
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NewsArconic sales manager knew Grenfell cladding would burn, inquiry hears
Internal email in 2014 warned of dangers of ACM after Middle East fires
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NewsArconic ordered staff not to share details of combustible cladding, Grenfell inquiry hears
Alarmed manager told sales staff who asked to share technical documents: “OH MY LORD!!! Where did you get that from???”
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NewsKingspan technical adviser had not seen test reports of Grenfell insultation, inquiry hears
Fire test reports ‘kept secret’, says manager who advised on combustible K15 product
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NewsCamden pushes ahead with search for firm to repair Chalcots Estate tower
Wates had been lined up for job but left last spring
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NewsMaking sure equipment works for remote hearings has led to restart hold-up, Grenfell Inquiry says
Christmas break and lockdown mean most recent day of hearing was 9 December last month
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NewsCPA to launch consultation on post-Grenfell code for construction products
Initiative aims to fight misleading marketing by firms
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NewsGovernment names and shames companies yet to start ACM remediation work
Fourteen groups highlighted for not starting cladding repairs
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry to restart next month nine weeks after it was last in session
Christmas break and lockdown mean most recent day of hearing was 9 December last month
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NewsSurvivors launch Grenfell legal claims as council begins action against cladding firm
Cases filed at High Court last month
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NewsGovernment announces new construction products regulator
Housing secretary says position set up in response to ‘dishonest practice by some manufacturers’ highlighted by Grenfell Inquiry
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NewsCIOB launches new fire safety course as industry prepares for new regulator
Initiative starts next month