Grenfell Inquiry: Harley designer quizzed over missing cavity barriers

By Jim Dunton2020-09-18T06:03:00

Grenfell Tower toward the end of its ill-fated refurbishment

Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Cladding firm’s hired hand believed lack of key safety component in architect’s drawings reflected ‘different route to compliance’

The freelancer hired by Harley Facades to work as “project designer” on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment believed the omission of a key safety feature from architect Studio E’s plans for the scheme was deliberate, the inquiry into 2017’s fire disaster has heard.

Kevin Lamb told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that he knew the windows of buildings needed to be surrounded by cavity barriers to stop the spread of fire in accordance with Approved Document B of the Building Regulations.

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