Bouygues UK has launched a claim of nearly £2m against specialist fire protection contractor Sharpfibre in the High Court in a row over the replacement of cladding on a Premier Inn hotel in Bedford.
The dispute, which has made its way to the Technology and Construction Court, centres around Bouygues concerns that the cladding and insulation products installed on the Premier Inn at the Bedford Riverside development were “not acceptable” following inspections in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster nearly three years ago.
Originally, JB Leadbitter was engaged to build the hotel in April 2015 and the contractor turned to Sharpfibre under a design and build sub-contract to carry out “structural framing, external walling and external cladding”.
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