All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 3
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Consultant warned Grenfell client project would fail without fundamental reappraisal
Artelia initially said re-tendering job to overcome £2m budget deficit was not the solution – before performing a ‘volte-face’
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Trade bodies threaten to boot members out if they can’t prove competence
Focus on firms' abilities follow series of recommendations made following 2017 Grenfell fire
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Grenfell Inquiry: Window reveal contractor ‘assumed materials were fine’
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC surrounds
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Rydon ‘struggled’ to find cladding specialists for refurb, Grenfell Inquiry told
Main contractor’s commercial manager says Harley Facades was only specialist the firm had ever used
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Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon’s second full week in the spotlight
Project manager believed firm had been quite thorough in checking work quality; refurbishment director says lack of design challenge still haunts him
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Camden council relaunches search for firm to repair Chalcots Estate
Wates had been lined up for the job
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Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon manager says firm was ‘thorough’ in checking work
Main contractor’s final site manager was drafted in after project manager and contracts manager quit
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Grenfell Inquiry: What we’ve learned from Rydon so far
A round-up of the evidence given at the Grenfell Inquiry by the project’s main contractor
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Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon project manager quit over work pressures
Main contractor’s onsite boss left company 14 months into project as schedule began to slipÂ
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Comment
Dame Judith Hackitt on the draft ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Safety Bill
Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare
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Almost three quarters of cladding projects stalled by covid have restarted
Ongoing work has seen nearly half of buildings identified have ACM system removed or remediated
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Main contractor accused of ‘pocketing’ savings to cover Grenfell pricing mistake
Rydon’s bid alleged to have been £212k too low because of an ‘adding-up error’
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø safety reforms might not come into force until 2024, advisor warns
Government set to introduce promised legislation shortly following 2017 Grenfell fireÂ
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Cladding posed no ‘particular issues’ in 2012, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior fire engineer provides first evidence in three months
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NAO criticises rate of progress to replace ACM cladding on private resi towers
Spending watchdog says government expects to foot the bill for 94 out of 208 private sector projects
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Features
Get ready for the building safety regulator
The key proposals on building safety made by Dame Judith Hackitt in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster are finally about to be implemented in law. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø invited industry experts to discuss the coming changes
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Government confirms details of £1bn building safety fund
Housing secretary also says sprinklers required in new buildings over 11m
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Grenfell Inquiry set to restart physical hearings
Limited attendance will be permitted but not until July at earliest