Compliance of Grenfell cladding was responsibility of others, Arconic tells inquiry

By Tom Lowe2021-09-15T13:42:00

Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime

It was the “responsibility of others” to ensure the materials used in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower complied with building regulations, the maker of the cladding panels has said.

Arconic told the inquiry into the fire in June 2017 that the project team behind the tower’s disastrous refurbishment had “failed to adequately analyse the regulatory regime and to determine how they were to comply with it”.

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