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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2021-12-16T11:09:00
National House Building Council warned twice that product was ‘accident waiting to happen’
A building control body continued allowing the use of combustible Kingspan insulation on tall buildings despite describing its certificate as “garbage”.
Wednesday’s hearing of the Grenfell Inquiry was shown a series of emails between staff at the National House Building Council (NHBC) about Kingspan’s K15 insulation in the years leading up to the 2017 fire.
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