All BRE articles
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NewsBRE launches consultation on update to BREEAM sustainability assessments
New version will account for embodied carbon performance
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NewsBusinesses wait on help to deal with rocketing energy bills ahead of Friday’s mini-budget
Frustration at delays to details of support package as firms hit by huge tariff hikes
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NewsTruss urged to invest in green infrastructure after appointment of climate sceptic Rees-Mogg
Concerns over Rees-Mogg allayed by choice of climate change minister
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NewsMosaic trail marks fifth anniversary of Grenfell tragedy
Permanent memorial unveiled in north Kensington to the 72 people killed in the fire on 14 June 2017
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NewsSunak subsidies for oil and gas industry could insulate 2 million homes, says think-tank
Tax reliefs in chancellor’s new windfall levy will save energy firms billions
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NewsGovernment announces £553m investment to improve energy efficiency in public buildings
Kew Gardens, National Football Museum and Nottingham’s Queens Medical Centre among beneficiaries
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NewsDisastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsGovernment published ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards
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NewsCivil servant’s reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on “poorly drafted” clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group’s attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which ‘shocked’ experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsGovernment asked experts to ‘step away’ from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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NewsGovernment used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given ‘contractual requirement’ to not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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NewsReview body raised ‘serious concerns’ about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
‘Damning’ report found lessons had not been learned at testing house despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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NewsBRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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NewsKingspan was ‘significant source of revenue’ for BRE, Grenfell Inquiry told
Hearing sees emails from BRE consultant saying desktop studies of Grenfell insulation could be ‘huge source of income’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: what we learnt from the BRE this week
Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe
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NewsGovernment innovation tsar says contractors should be making 5% margins
‘Half a percent is not a business model that is investable’, says head of new Construction Innovation Hub