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New approach for achieving consensus between building control bodies and Fire and Rescue Authorities in building works
A new sector-led approach to achieving consensus in building works has been developed by a taskforce of the Joint Regulators Group.
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A new sector-led approach to achieving consensus in building works has been developed by a taskforce of the Joint Regulators Group led by Local Authority Building Control (LABC), National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) and Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors (ACAI).
The government’s fire safety consultation found a strong preference from respondents for establishing a process to facilitate achieving consensus among building control bodies and Fire and Rescue Authorities in building works.
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Grenfell Tower
Disclosures from current and former staff at materials giants Celotex, Kingspan and Arconic, as well as certification body the British Board of Agrément (BBA) and testing house BRE, have raised alarming questions about weaknesses in the testing and certification of construction products.
Module two of the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry has heard how some products which have been installed on buildings across the UK for well over a decade have been marketed as safe based on dubious and often deliberately misleading test evidence.
The second phase of the inquiry’s second module wrapped up at the end of last month. This module, which focused on the production, testing and sale of the materials that were installed on Grenfell Tower prior to the June 2017 fire which claimed 72 lives, has had a profound impact on the wider construction industry.
By Tom Lowe2021-03-05T10:50:00+00:00
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
A local authority building control officer has said that he was “pressured” by Kingspan and a representative body to provide a certificate for a combustible insulation product used on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, the inquiry has heard.
Herefordshire Building Control officer David Jones told Thursday’s hearing that he was under pressure to “find a way” to approve Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe to use on high rise buildings.
The 2009 certificate he produced for the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) - the group representing local authority inspectors which was paid by Kingspan to provide a certificate - became an important part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for K15.