Government may have understood 20 years ago Grenfell-style cladding was not suitable for high-rises, BRE says

By Carl Brown2022-02-22T10:50:00

Tests carried out in 2002 flagged concerns about material, Grenfell Inquiry told

The government may have understood as long ago as 2002 that Grenfell-style aluminium composite material (ACM) should not be used on high-rise buildings, a director from the Building Research Establishment has said.

Debbie Smith, a former director at BRE, was quizzed by the Grenfell Inquiry yesterday about the government’s understanding of a failed safety test of polyethylene-cored ACM cladding carried out in 2001.

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