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.

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 site manager working on the internals at Grenfell Tower assumed that a paper and foil material installed by subcontractors between window units and internal sills in the building was…

Rydon’s refurbishment director Stephen Blake had “personal and private” access to the top decision-makers at the Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) in charge of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment…

Rydon refurbishment director Stephen Blake denied that the firm simply “offloaded” its contractual obligations for the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, when he appeared before the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 28 July.

Rydon employees working in three essential roles on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment were all newly promoted, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard. Leading counsel to the Inquiry, Richard Millett QC,…

The Rydon manager who took over the site of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment in 2015 had never heard of insulation being described as “combustible” or “non-combustible”, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry…

The Rydon project manager working on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment hadn’t heard of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, the Inquiry into the 2017 fire has heard. Simon O’Connor also said…

The Grenfell Tower refurbishment was a “poorly performing site” in 2015, which main contractor Rydon’s contracts manager blamed on “cheap, incompetent subcontractors”, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard. Simon Lawrence,…

There is no evidence that Rydon employees working on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment responded to an email seeking clarification on cladding fire safety.

Rydon did not appoint a fire safety adviser on the Grenfell Tower project despite promises to do so, the Inquiry into the tragic 2017 blaze has heard.