The UK government failed to warn the building sector about the potential dangers around aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding despite a test in 2001 which showed a “catastrophic escalation” of ...

A fire retardant version of the type of panels used on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment has failed the latest round of government commissioned safety tests. The test was carried out by BRE on behalf ...

Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed” A series of dramatic failed fire tests on aliminimum composite material (ACM) cladding before the Grenfell ...

Thousands of people are at risk of a Grenfell-style fire because of a “flawed” test that stated a type of cladding covering hundreds of tower blocks is safe, the government has been told. Fire safety ...

Tony Baker, a fire resistance test laboratory manager at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), suggested there had been a “concerted effort” by insulation maker Celotex to conceal a ...

A fire safety test used on materials in Grenfell Tower was kept due to “political motivations” despite not being “the ideal tool”, an inquiry has heard. The Reynobond ACM PE cladding panels used in ...

The government said a process carried out by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) showed that certain cladding systems using aluminium composite material with a category two fire-resistant ...

Insulation is to now be included in further tests on cladding from tower blocks, it was revealed yesterday, after one London borough’s leader criticised the Department for Communities & Local ...

“The requirement from DCLG for testing of the cladding on high rise residential blocks is only for those with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding – of which we have none, therefore there is no ...