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精东影视BBA based fire rating for Kingspan foam on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive admitted he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
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精东影视BBA certificate for Grenfell ACM was based off information on supplier鈥檚 website, inquiry hears
Certifying body鈥檚 project manager admits never seeing crucial test data before issuing Arconic with renewal of flawed document
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精东影视Grenfell cladding firm was warned a decade before fire that panels could kill 70 people
Manager told Arconic of expert鈥檚 prediction that ACM panels would burn like a 鈥榯ruck of 19,000 litre oil鈥�
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精东影视Grenfell cavity barriers only formally approved nine days after fire, inquiry hears
Installed barriers had not been tested prior to use on tower鈥檚 refurbishment
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精东影视BRE 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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精东影视Arconic 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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精东影视Grenfell 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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精东影视Arconic 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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精东影视Arconic 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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精东影视Grenfell 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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精东影视Grenfell 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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精东影视RICS 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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精东影视Outrage 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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精东影视Midland Met forced to replace cladding after original fails fire safety tests
Hospital swapping timber with terracotta product
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精东影视Government 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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精东影视Non-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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精东影视Government announces fire safety form exemption for buildings without cladding
Deal with RICS agreed over weekend
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精东影视Nearly 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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精东影视England 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