Facades specialist Harley ‘didn’t check’ fire performance of Grenfell insulation

By Jim Dunton2020-09-16T06:04:00

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Inquiry also hears cladding firm got a 47.5% discount on combustible Celotex product fitted to block

Grenfell Tower refurbishment cladding specialist Harley Facades did not check the fire performance of the insulation fitted as part of the west London block’s flawed upgrade, the inquiry into 2017’s fire disaster has heard.

Daniel Anketell-Jones, who was design manager at Harley for much of the firm’s involvement with the project, said on Tuesday that there was nobody in the company who could do even a “cursory check” at the time.

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