Building control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears

Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct ‘misleading’ certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings

A building control body ignored repeated warnings about a “misleading” certificate for a combustible Kingspan insulation product while seeking a sponsorship deal with the firm, the Grenfell inquiry has heard.

Local Authority Building Control (LABC), which represents council building control inspectors, had granted Kingspan’s K15 insulation a certificate stating that it was of ‘limited combustibility’.

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