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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Celotex fire safety claims likened to horsemeat scandal
Studio E project lead says insulation manufacturer ‘calculatedly sought to deceive’ with marketing material
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NewsNot architect’s role to sign off specialist designers’ work, says Studio E associate
Main contractor ’didn’t use their architects as much as they might’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Planners didn’t like rainscreen cladding proposals
Safety consultant Exova warned podium proposals made ‘existing crap condition worse’
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NewsGrenfell inquiry halted after architect taken ill during evidence
Inquiry postponed as Studio E project lead ‘unable to continue’ says Martin Moore-Bick
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Architect had not read key fire safety guidance
Studio E project lead was also not aware of spate of high-rise fires spread by cladding
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry told cladding ‘not most complex part of project’
Studio E design lead says repurposing tower-block’s podium was biggest challenge
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NewsGrenfell architect had never worked with ACM cladding
Bruce Sounes is second Studio E staffer to take the inquiry stand
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News‘We wanted the best,’ Studio E founder tells Grenfell Inquiry
Panel hears tower refurb architect did not know how broken England’s regulatory system was
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NewsStudio E: ‘We wouldn’t have won Grenfell refurb in competitive process’
Architect accepts firm would not have been able to demonstrate track record of similar work – but argues this is not uncommon
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NewsGrenfell inquiry to resume next week after witnesses get guarantee from attorney general
Suella Braverman confirms evidence from witnesses will not be used to prosecute them over fire
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Building StudyMaggie’s Centre at the Royal Marsden, Sutton, by Ab Rogers Design
For his first building the designer has gone head-to-head with his father – but he was more intimidated by Rem Koolhaas, he tells Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionBuilding safety legislation is changing again. What does it mean for you?
Demonstrating compliance and getting insurance could be challenging, warns Andrew Mellor
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NewsHackitt attacks industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change
Standard practices are ’gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator
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NewsRegulator’s powers to take at least a year, Hackitt admits
Chair of shadow body overseeing fire safety says scope of regulator to widen
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NewsGrenfell inquiry on hold for at least two more weeks
Inquiry chair agrees to seek government agreement that evidence should not be used in future prosecutions
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NewsGrenfell architect with no experience of high-rises appointed without Ojeu, inquiry hears
Studio E email acknowledged it was ‘a little green on process and technicality’ and proposed ‘some rapid CPD’
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NewsArchitect ‘signed off non-compliant drawings’, Grenfell Inquiry told
Studio E accused of leaving inexperienced architect ‘to sink’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: London mayor seeks interim safety recommendations
Khan also calls on PM to secure rapid replacement for Benita Mehra, who resigned from inquiry panel at weekend
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NewsKey Grenfell witnesses request immunity from prosecution before giving evidence
Inquiry chair ‘surprised’ by application from Studio E and others for privilege against self-incrimination
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Studio E questions expert architect’s competence
Practice demands chance to ‘properly comment’ on Paul Hyett’s 575-page report - and that he reveal his own cladding experience