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精东影视Lead fire safety official described ACM panels as going 鈥榳hoosh!鈥� when ignited, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Email sent by Brian Martin 18 months before Grenfell fire
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精东影视鈥婫overnment 鈥榮queezed鈥� resources of building safety review after cladding fire, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Team working on changes to fire safety rules were working on a 鈥榣ess than bare bones鈥� capacity, senior official says
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精东影视Deregulation drive slowed down review of fire safety guidance, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials expanded review into wider look at building regulation because of requirement to remove more rules than were added
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精东影视Government considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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精东影视Government official apologises for 鈥榤uddled鈥� wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding 鈥榮hould have been better鈥�
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精东影视鈥婼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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精东影视Civil 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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精东影视BRE 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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精东影视Government 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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精东影视Government 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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精东影视Government 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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CommentGreater use of timber calls for pragmatism to keep insurers happy
The construction and insurance industries must work together if we are to increase the use of structural timber that is safe and cost effective, says Andrew Carpenter
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精东影视Review 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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精东影视Government 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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精东影视精东影视 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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CommentIt鈥檚 good to talk about flood and fire risks
A new report on risks posed by timber-framed buildings is a positive first step towards greater collaboration
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精东影视Pay 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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精东影视Government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
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CommentThere is a smart solution to management of building safety data
The impending legislation will require building operators to comply with challenging new regulationsns
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精东影视Notting Hill Genesis puts firms on notice for 拢1.2bn fire safety framework
Four year deal largest framework in housing association鈥檚 history