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​People expected to ‘work out for themselves’ what fire regs meant, Grenfell Inquiry hears

By 2022-03-23T11:16:00

Grenfell

Former civil servant in charge of the rules admits it was “evident” the approach had not worked

Designers and building control bodies were expected to “work out for themselves” what an ambiguous passage in official fire safety guidance was supposed to mean, the former civil servant in charge of the rules has said.

Brian Martin told Tuesday’s hearing of the Grenfell Inquiry that he thought the approach was “okay” at the time but admitted that “it’s evident it didn’t work”.

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