The client for the Grenfell Tower refurbishment opted not to spend £30,000 on design advice even though the project was likely to undergo significant value engineering work.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) “over-ruled” the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) to have Leadbitter – the original contractor lined up to refurbish Grenfell Tower…

The former building control manager at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s (RBKC) building control office has denied that a “culture of bullying” existed within the department around the…

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…

The local authority building control officer responsible for inspecting the Grenfell Tower refurbishment had no previous experience of an overcladding project on an occupied high-rise residential building, it emerged yesterday.…

The subcontractor working for Harley Curtain Wall to install cladding and insulation to Grenfell Tower did not receive any guidance on how to fit cavity barriers, one of its directors told the Grenfell Inquiry.

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…

One of the clerks of works appointed to inspect work on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has criticised the “mixed-up” way in which the construction industry now works, as he finished…

The business development manager of cladding fabricator CEP Architectural Facades, which provided the combustible ACM cassettes used in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, knew that a more fire-resistant version of…

Cladding subcontractor Harley Curtain Wall’s project manager on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower has acknowledged that some of the firm’s workmanship was “sloppy” and that there may have been a “better way” of inspecting the works.

The project manager appointed by cladding subcontractor Harley Curtain Wall to oversee its role on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment was just 25, did not think that he personally needed to understand the regulatory framework, and had not received training to keep him up to date with cladding industry codes of practice, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

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…

The former design manager of Harley Curtain Wall, the cladding subcontractor that work for Rydon during the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, rejected the idea of two-hour fire stopping for the…

Harley Curtain Wall, the cladding subcontractor that worked for main contractor Rydon on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower received a discount of 47.5% on the insulation that helped the spread…

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…

Specialist cladding subcontractor Harley Curtain Wall had no employees with a completed qualification in façade engineering at the time it worked on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.