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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2021-02-18T10:17:00
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British regulator was not told of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears
The president of Arconic has denied that it was “deliberate concealment” not to tell British regulators that its cladding product had burned in a test, the Grenfell inquiry has heard.
Arconic president Claude Schmidt told Wednesday’s hearing that the British Board of Agrement “could have found out” about the test results of its Reynobond PE cassettes, which were installed as part of Grenfell Tower’s ill-fated refurbishment.
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