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NewsBRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was 鈥榲ery basic error,鈥� Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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NewsArconic manager warned firm to sell safer cladding 鈥榓s a matter of urgency鈥� two years before Grenfell fire
But firm continued selling聽Reynobond PE panels聽in the UK until a week after 2017 blaze
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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 鈥榥ot clean鈥�
President of cladding manufacturer tells Grenfell inquiry that staff lied to clients over fire performance
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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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CommentUnsafe buildings pose big problems that need big solutions
An extra 拢3.5bn and an indeminity scheme for EWS1 forms will help but this crisis requires a strategic approach, says Ross Gissane
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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 鈥榗ost implications鈥�
Sales manager made admission in secretly recorded phone call in the days after the fire
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NewsRICS says indemnity scheme for fire risk assessments on high-rise blocks will ease current bottlenecks
Government initiative targeted at professionals unable to obtain insurance to sign off forms
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NewsOutrage over Jenrick鈥檚 拢3.5bn cladding fund announcement
Campaigners allege 鈥榖etrayal鈥� as new money will only cover buildings higher than six storeys, with others forced to take out loans
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NewsMidland Met forced to replace cladding after original fails fire safety tests
Hospital swapping timber with terracotta product
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NewsGovernment to announce new cladding plans 鈥榲ery shortly鈥�
Housing minister declines to detail new policy, amid reports multi-billion pound fund being considered
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NewsNon-compliance of combustible insulation 鈥榣ost on鈥� Kingspan tech boss, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told of more concerns from worried cladding contractors over Kingspan鈥檚 K15 product
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NewsGovernment announces fire safety form exemption for buildings without cladding
Deal with RICS agreed over weekend
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NewsNearly half of high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem
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NewsEngland still has 17 occupied high-rise buildings with no plan to remove ACM cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions
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NewsFramework specialist puts 拢500m deal up for grabs
Contract will last seven years and be run by local authority-owned operator
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NewsGovernment dismisses call to expand 拢1.6bn cladding fund
Housing ministry says building owners should meet costs of repairing unsafe high-rises
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NewsFaulty cladding on Carillion hospital to be removed by manufacturer
Portuguese firm drafted in at Royal Liverpool scheme
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NewsBouygues launches 拢2m court case against hotel cladding subcontractor
Dispute centres on Premier Inn hotel in Bedford