A failure of the regulatory system over decades and the “cynical and cavalier” attitude of cladding and insulation manufacturers were the main causes of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the barrister for main contractor Rydon has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Arconic, the manufacturer of the Reynobond PE cladding used during the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, and insulation manufacturers Celotex and Kingspan have all sought to deny responsibility for the Grenfell Tower fire in closing submissions given to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

The barrister acting for victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster has accused contractors and professionals in charge of the building of “wilful non-compliance”.

The external walls of Grenfell Tower should have been checked during a fire risk assessment of the building after its refurbishment, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

Key moments from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry are to be dramatised in a run of verbatim theatre performances later this year.

Exactly four years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, on 14 June 2017, CM looks back on the key events that have happened since

The fire risk assessor at Grenfell Tower added post-nominals to his name for professional registrations he did not have or did not exist.

It was not “sensible” for combustible aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding to be used on a tall building like Grenfell Tower, even if it might have been interpreted that it was “allowed” under Building Regulations at the time, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

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Paul Morrell explains to CM why, amid the uncomfortable revelations coming out of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the construction industry needs to rally to fix problems wherever they are discovered.

Construction dust and debris generated during the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower may have contaminated an “essential” fire control switch.

Lawyers for the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster have accused the council of ignoring residents’ fire safety concerns.

The British Board of Agrément (BBA) reported its suspicions that it may have been misled by Arconic to the Met Police, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

A 2008 certificate issued by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) for Kingspan K15 insulation was based on data “extrapolated” from fire test reports on similar Kingspan phenolic products, some of which were 15 years old, in a “basic failure of due diligence” 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.