Bouygues launches £2m court case against hotel cladding subcontractor

By Tom Lowe2020-06-02T05:00:00

Dispute centres on Premier Inn hotel in Bedford

Bouygues UK is suing an Essex subcontractor for £2m after it forked out to replace alleged defective cladding fitted to a Premier Inn in Bedford.

In documents filed at the Technology & Construction Court at the end of last month, the French contractor says it was forced to replace the cladding Basildon firm Sharpfibre fitted at the 100-bed hotel just a few months before the Grenfell Tower fire three years ago this month. Problems were found during an inspection following the Grenfell fire.

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