A BRE director does not recall the organisation following up on a “wholly inaccurate” certificate issued by Herefordshire LABC that gave automatic acceptance for cladding systems employing Kingspan’s combustible K15 insulation on buildings over 18m in height.

The former BRE manager who oversaw the 2014 fire tests of Celotex’s RS 5000 insulation within a cladding system has denied he knew the rig was “manipulated” to achieve a pass after it failed its first test.

Arconic withdrew its combustible Reynobond 55 PE cladding from the market for high-rise buildings after the Grenfell Tower disaster because it felt it “couldn’t control the whole of the supply chain”, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

Kingspan has used its financial results for 2020 to unveil a series of actions it is taking in response to “serious issues” that have arisen from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry process.

Arconic took no action following a 2009 cladding fire in a Bucharest building because there was no injury, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

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Arconic told a “misleading half truth” when it presented only European fire test results for its Reynobond 55 PE cladding in rivet form, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

Arconic regarded the stoppage of a test on its Reynobond 55 PE cladding in cassette variant as a “rogue result”, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

Arconic removed details that showed that the cassette variant of its Reynobond 55 PE cladding no longer confirmed to Class B in European fire tests from marketing literature, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

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.

Kingspan workers were instructed to allow changes proposed by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to the fire certificate for the K15 insulation product to “gather dust”, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry aims to resume hearings on 8 February. The hearings had been due to restart in January after a Christmas break but the decision was taken not…

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been suspended following the announcement of new coronavirus restrictions. The Inquiry had been due to resume hearing oral evidence on 11 January after a Christmas…

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”.

A former employee of Celotex has described how she was “shocked” to discover “tweaks” to a second fire safety test of the firm’s RS5000 insulation product, after a first had…

A former employee of Kingspan became “embroiled in a deliberate and calculated deceit” over the suitability of the firm’s K15 phenolic insulation for use on high-rise buildings, the Grenfell Tower…

The way Kingspan marketed the Kooltherm K15 insulation that was used on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment was “misleading” and was based on a 2005 fire test for years, despite the…

With module two of the second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry getting underway, Paul Morrell warns why looking to construction’s ‘good old days’ won’t provide the answer to fixing…