Grenfell Tower: Why, in 1995, did the BBA see no additional hazard in using combustible render rather than non-combustible?
In my last post, I introduced an Agrément Certificate issued by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to Sto in 1995 for an…
In my last post, I introduced an Agrément Certificate issued by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to Sto in 1995 for an…
The British Board of Agrément is the leading British certifier of construction products and systems. It was originally named the Agrément Board, after…
In my last post I introduced a Certificate of Approval, issued in 2012 by Exova, trading as Warrington Certification, for a combustible FR…
Since 18 June 2017, just four days after the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government has been claiming that its Approved Document guidance does…
On 5 September 2017, the Government published data for the number of high rise residential buildings in England (as of 31 August) with…
In my last post, I argued that the core of an ACM panel cannot reasonably be described as a filler material. The Government,…
I have been examining three alternative rationales offered by the DCLG for their claim that the core of ACM panels is covered by…
I continue with my examination of the three alternative rationales offered by the DCLG for their claim that the core of ACM panels…
I argued in my last post that the Government bears the primary responsibility for the Grenfell Tower fire because: i) the polyethylene-cored ACM…
In my first post on the Grenfell Tower disaster I recalled my father’s distress while serving as an expert witness in the court…