A chief contractor on the refurbishment of grenfell tower talked about using 'Essex boy patter' in an attempt to persuade others involved on the project to use cheaper cladding, the inquiry into the ...

The company that made cladding for Grenfell Tower did not tell certifiers about a "disastrous" failed fire test of the product which happened 13 years before the disaster, despite a legal requirement ...

The cladding used on grenfell tower performed 'spectacularly worse' than a sister product in fire tests, the inquiry into the disaster heard today. The Reynobond PE (polyethylene) cladding panels came ...

2. The cladding consistently failed fire tests for 12 years before Grenfell In 2005, Arconic commissioned tests in France to see how its Reynobond product would perform in a fire when installed in two ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The cladding used on Grenfell Tower burnt 10 times faster than a sister product in a safety test conducted more ...

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A chief contractor on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower talked about using “Essex boy patter” in an attempt to persuade others involved on the project to use cheaper cladding, the inquiry into the ...

The company that made cladding for Grenfell Tower did not tell certifiers about a "disastrous" failed fire test of the product which happened 13 years before the disaster, despite a legal requirement ...

Panels made from plastic and aluminium were installed on the sides of Grenfell Tower to make it warmer and drier. But the cladding has been blamed for helping flames to spread when fire broke out in ...