Client boss ‘never connected’ Grenfell cladding and Lakanal House fire

By Jim Dunton2020-10-22T05:00:00

Refurbishment director attended briefings on fatal Southwark blaze but had no discussions on cladding lessons for west London project

A director at the management organisation responsible for Grenfell Tower attended meetings that covered lessons to be learned from a fatal 2009 fire in Southwark but never discussed related combustible cladding issues that were relevant to his own project, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.

Peter Maddison was director of assets and regeneration at Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation at the time its fatally flawed refurbishment fitted Grenfell with combustible aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding and combustible insulation.

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