Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon manager admits team needed more design expertise

By Jim Dunton2020-07-22T17:10:00

Former boss also quizzed on ‘cheap, incompetent subcontractors’ comments and claim one firm was ‘too good’ for the job

A senior staff member at the main contractor behind the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has accepted it lacked the ability to properly scrutinise design proposals for the project.

Simon Lawrence, who was contracts manager for Rydon for much of the refurbishment project, made the admission at the end of his fourth day of evidence to the inquiry into the 2017 fire at the west London block, which claimed 72 lives.

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