Grenfell inquiry: supplier says cladding combustibility was 'obvious'

By Jordan Marshall2018-06-06T06:00:00

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Arconic Architectural Products’ opening statement says it was ’responsibility of others’ to use product or not

Any construction professional should have known the cladding used on Grenfell Tower was combustible, the manufacturer has told the public inquiry into last June’s fire.

In an opening statement published on the inquiry’s website, Arconic Architectural Products said the aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding used was obviously flammable.

It said the product, ACM PE, has been on the market for 15 years and comprises a polyethylene core between outer sheets of aluminium.

Its statement said: “It would have been obvious to anyone professionally involved in the construction of a building that, by reason of the polyethylene core, this product was not of limited combustibility.

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