BRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told

By Tom Lowe2022-02-17T10:51:00

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Sarah Colwell ignored industry group’s attempts to chase the matter for 16 months

A Building Research Establishment (BRE) expert failed to clarify confusing building regulations which appeared to permit the use of combustible cladding on tall buildings because she believed the guidance would be revised, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

An ambiguous passage in Approved Document B, the part of building regulations which deals with fire safety, said that only ‘filler’ materials in cladding systems were required to meet the standard of ‘limited combustibility’.

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