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Disclosures from current and former staff at materials giants Celotex, Kingspan and Arconic, as well as certification body the British Board of Agrément (BBA) and testing house BRE, have raised alarming questions about weaknesses in the testing and certification of construction products.
Module two of the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry has heard how some products which have been installed on buildings across the UK for well over a decade have been marketed as safe based on dubious and often deliberately misleading test evidence.
The second phase of the inquiry’s second module wrapped up at the end of last month. This module, which focused on the production, testing and sale of the materials that were installed on Grenfell Tower prior to the June 2017 fire which claimed 72 lives, has had a profound impact on the wider construction industry.
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By Tom Lowe2021-03-16T12:18:00+00:00
Certifying body’s project manager admits never seeing crucial test data before issuing Arconic with renewal of flawed document
A major certifying body issued a “materially wrong” certificate for the combustible ACM cladding used on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower based on partial test data and information on the supplier’s website, a former project manager at the organisation has admitted.
For nearly a decade, the British Board of Agrément stated that the ACM cassette panels supplied by materials firm Arconic were safe to use on high rise buildings in the UK without seeing the full data, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.