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News鈥婼enior official denies government 鈥榗overed up鈥� cladding dangers
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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NewsBRE 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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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house鈥檚 former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a聽鈥榳eakness鈥�
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs 鈥榩ractically difficult鈥�, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack 鈥榯otal authority鈥� to force non-UK based firms to pay into 拢4bn remediation fund
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NewsCivil servant鈥檚 reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on 鈥減oorly drafted鈥� clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group鈥檚 attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which 鈥榮hocked鈥� experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsGove unveils plan to give legal force to 拢4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsGovernment asked experts to 鈥榮tep away鈥� from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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NewsGovernment used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given 鈥榗ontractual requirement鈥櫬爐o not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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NewsSenior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite 鈥榤ajor fire鈥� warning
鈥楥onfusing鈥� building regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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NewsReview body raised 鈥榮erious concerns鈥� about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
鈥楧amning鈥� report found lessons had not been learned at testing house despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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NewsGovernment provided building control body with a 鈥榩re-prepared script鈥� amid media scrutiny after Grenfell fire
Official wrote to the NHBC asking it to rebut claims that tower鈥檚 combustible cladding panels complied with building regulations
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News黑洞社区 control body approved combustible materials because scrutinising them was too 鈥榯ime consuming鈥�
NHBC fire engineer admits the approach was a 鈥榙angerous mistake鈥�
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NewsKingspan threatened cladding firm with legal action if it revealed results of failed fire test
Grenfell Inquiry hears the 2008 test had failed within 15 minutes with 鈥榝lames coming off the top of the test rig鈥�
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NewsPay into fund or face ban, Gove tells cladding manufacturers
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute 鈥榮ignificant portion鈥� of remediation costs
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CommentDesign liability could be wider than you think
A recent case suggests courts plan to give maximum leeway for developers seeking redress from designers
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CommentThe year ahead in聽construction law 2022
Sheena Sood previews what 2022 will hold for the construction industry from a legal point of view
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News黑洞社区 control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority 黑洞社区 Control also failed to correct 鈥榤isleading鈥櫬燾ertificate clearing Kingspan鈥檚 K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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NewsGovernment鈥檚 concealment of cladding dangers 鈥榦ne of the major scandals of our time鈥�, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Inquiry told that coalition government allowed itself to become the 鈥渏unior partner鈥� to the construction industry in a drive to cut red tape