Cladding posed no ‘particular issues’ in 2012, Grenfell inquiry hears

By Jordan Marshall2020-07-07T05:00:00

Senior fire engineer provides first evidence in three months

A senior fire engineer did not think cladding Grenfell Tower would pose any “particular issues or problems”, the inquiry into the 2017 blaze has heard.

On the first day of evidence in nearly three months, it was revealed that Clare Barker, the former principal fire engineer at fire safety consultant Exova, did not suggest any proposed cladding system needed to have a separate fire safety assessment during a meeting in July 2012.

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