The UK sales manager for Arconic, the firm that supplied the Reynobond ACM 55 PE cladding used on Grenfell Tower, did not discuss the combustibility of the products she was marketing with clients, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

An updated British Board of Agrément (BBA) certificate issued for Reynobond 55 cladding was “materially wrong”, after the BBA struggled to obtain information from manufacturer Arconic about the product.

A marketing manager at Arconic, the company that manufactured the combustible Reynobond PE 55 cladding used on Grenfell Tower, received a “very high shock” after attending a 2007 presentation warning of the combustibility of polyethylene-cored (PE) ACM cladding, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

Vertical cavity barriers installed behind the cladding of Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment were so poorly installed that they were “totally ineffective” and non-compliant, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.…

A former Herefordshire Council building control survey claims he was “misled” by Kingspan and BBA documents when he issued an approval certificate for Kingspan K15.

The Clerk of Works firm appointed to undertake site inspection services at the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower said its role when checking that works were compliant with legal requirements was…

The freelance designer who was brought on board at cladding subcontractor Harley to produce fabrication drawings for the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, based on architect Studio E’s plans, has complained…

Harley Curtain Wall had a preference to install cassette-fixed ACM cladding panels on Grenfell Tower after an estimating error meant that it would have faced bigger financial shortfalls if a…

The former commercial manager of Harley Curtain Wall denies “pushing” to use aluminium composite (ACM) cladding on the Grenfell Tower project. Mark Harris, who gave evidence to the Grenfell Tower…

The director of the cladding subcontractor that worked on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower has branded building safety legislation “complicated” and blamed it for sowing “widespread confusion” within construction about…

Rydon faced pressure to return a tender for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment because it “struggled” to “drum up any interest” from cladding contractors, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

A manager at Kingspan, which manufactured the Kooltherm K15 insulation used on Grenfell Tower, has admitted that dismissing a contractor’s concerns about the material’s suitability for use in buildings above 18m with an expletive in an internal email was “totally unprofessional”.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is to investigate the way construction products are manufactured, tested and sold from today (5 November). The Inquiry completed module 1 of the second phase of…

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, in relation to the Metropolitan Police’s Grenfell Tower investigation. The man, who was arrested on Saturday…

Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation’s (TMO) discussions with Grenfell Tower refurbishment main contractor Rydon prior to the announcement of a preferred bidder for the project were “completely contrary” to…

The employer’s agent who worked on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment for the final few months of the project became “frustrated” by Rydon’s performance and complained that the work didn’t seem…

The building control officer who oversaw the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower described himself as “truly heartbroken” about the 14 June 2017 disaster that killed 72 people and accepted that he…

Survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster have called on the Metropolitan Police not to wait until a public inquiry has concluded before passing evidence from its investigations to prosecutors.