All Grenfell Inquiry articles 鈥� Page 4
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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BRE 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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精东影视BRE 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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精东影视Government published 鈥榗onfusing鈥� fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards聽
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精东影视Government may have understood 20 years ago Grenfell-style cladding was not suitable for high-rises, BRE says
Tests carried out in 2002 flagged concerns about material, Grenfell Inquiry told
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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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精东影视Senior 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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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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精东影视Kingspan 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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精东影视Government slaps Help to Buy ban on Rydon Homes because of sister firm鈥檚 work at Grenfell
Michael Gove puts others on notice they are in his sights as part of crackdown on companies failing to fix 鈥榖uilding safety crisis鈥�
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精东影视精东影视 control body allowed use of Kingspan insulation despite describing its certificate as 鈥榞arbage鈥�
National House 精东影视 Council warned twice that product was 鈥榓ccident waiting to happen鈥�