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By Tom Lowe2021-03-03T18:24:00+00:00 Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’  Celotex made no attempt to conceal the rigging of a fire test on an insulation product used on Grenfell Tower’s refurbishment, the inquiry has heard. Patrick Jones, who was hired by cladding contractor Simco to install the test rig for Celotex at the burn hall of testing body the Building Research Establishment (BRE), told Tuesday’s hearing that he was not aware of anything “underhanded” going on during installation. The inquiry has already heard how Celotex had add...

Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe

Celotex manager emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013

By Tom Lowe2021-02-26T14:41:00+00:00 Hearings focused on testing body’s role in certifying combustible building materials used on Grenfell tower as safe “It was a very busy place” was how Philip Clark, former burn hall manager at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), described his workplace when challenged at the Grenfell Inquiry this week about a string of errors made during fire testing. “We could have 10 people in on any given day,” he said, adding: “It wasn’t the position that we were there every single minute checking everything that the client did minute to minute.�...

Phil Clark blames Grenfell testing errors on burn hall being a ‘busy place’