An executive at Arconic, the manufacturer of the cladding on Grenfell Tower, said in 2015 that they knew the material that was used was dangerous, but sold it for use on the tower anyway (2/11)
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Meanwhile, Celotex, the manufacturer of the insulation, said in an email in 2013 that it didn’t think its insulation was safe for use in cladding systems, especially the kind used on Grenfell. Regardless, it marketed the product for use on tall buildings (3/11)
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The sub-contractor for the cladding, Harley Facades, claimed the architect, Studio E, specified the deadly cladding material. An internal Harley Facades email showed that the company knew “the ACM [cladding material] will be gone rather quickly in a fire!” (4/11)
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One of the architects pointed out fire stops would not stay in place in the event of a fire, the fire engineer Exova replied that flames ejecting from windows “would lead to failure of the cladding system”. As a result, they argued fire stops were unnecessary (5/11)
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When the contract manager for Rydon, lead contractor on the project, saw all this, he said: “Excellent. That looks positive.” (6/11)
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Meanwhile, Kensington & Chelsea Council admitted that its building control officers didn’t even ask for basic details of the cladding system before signing the building off as complying with building regulations (7/11)
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The TMO, which managed the building on behalf of the council, was closely involved in the cost-cutting process that led to the cladding material being changed to a more dangerous material, a consultant involved in the project claimed (8/11)
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Fire engineers Exova said that when Rydon was appointed to the project in March 2014, it “immediately” started trying to save money by changing the cladding material (9/11)
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In short, there were some explosive revelations this week that make many people look bad. The various companies have done pretty well so far at blaming each other. The challenge for the inquiry over the next few months will be pinning down responsibility (10/11)
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For detailed analysis of the rest of the inquiry as it continues, I recommend following
@PeteApps and@Jonatha135113, whose observations I have shamelessly cribbed from (11/11)Prikaži ovu nit
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