Paul Francis on the story emerging from the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, and Suzanne Muna on safety concerns in other housing blocks, Last modified on Thu 22 Oct 2020 18.38 BST. The premier conference on high-performance building enclosures. Mr Johnson said: "As a nation, we are still dealing with the consequences of what happened and working to make sure it never happens again.". hank you for your continuing coverage of the Grenfell inquiry, and your vital underlining of its significance in your editorial (, The Guardian view on Grenfell secrets: regeneration shame, Residents asked to leave London blocks immediately over safety concerns. Arconic, who supplied the ACM panels, were aware of the fire risk posed, as evidenced in internal emails. The Q&As below provide more information. It emerged that Hoban had not properly checked technical drawings, had not read the project specification, and not understood how combustible the cladding materials were. Jan. 4, 2020: Victims of the Grenfell disaster are told it may take up to eight years to get any sort of justice for what happened. Number one was the immediate response that residents had been betrayed by an insensitive council. We've got you, we remember. The building itself will not be visible at any time during the replacement. "Even though we're having to do this in the virtual world, online, 2020 Zoom life as it is, it is still so important for us to mourn together, and for us to remember that night and to reflect on that and also reflect on where we are now," she said. As the inquiry relies heavily on email dialogue between contractors, managers, suppliers, and the council, some have been lost forever. Hearings were paused in March because of the coronavirus pandemic and are due to restart on 6 July. Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle Hesham Rahman died in the blaze, said "there's not a lot of compliments right now" for the government. A Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government spokeswoman said it had set up the Building Safety Programme and testing process to identify all high-rise buildings with ACM cladding and had worked with councils to ensure buildings at risk were made safe. This is a pilot phase and we are interested to hear your feedback or answer any questions you may have about the signs. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Grenfell Tower inquiry: Refurbishment notebooks 'binned', Grenfell: Police helicopters 'did not make fire worse’, says watchdog, Grenfell recommendations will be implemented, says Robert Jenrick, US Covid cases surge to record daily high.

Since beginning in September 2017, the inquiry has made headlines of late as details emerge pertaining to key files of technical drawings, the Royal London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council’s (RBKC) management of facade consultants, and landlord cost-cutting. 23/10/2020 - 13:32. 14 August 2020. This means that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) will take no role in decisions about the management of the site. We understand though that work in and around the Tower may cause feelings of distress or anxiety. "It was just a day, it was just a week, it was just a month for us, it was a green heart, it was a badge, it was a tweet but that's still a dark reality for these people.". Added Letter to residents following the Grenfell Tower fire: 19 September 2017. Video, Composer with dementia meets students he inspired, US Election 2020: Biden seeks to clarify remark on ending oil, US election 2020: How Trump has changed the world, Coronavirus: US cases reach record high amid new wave of infections, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: 'Execution' video prompts war crime probe, Virus to stay 'at least until next summer' - France's Macron, Emily in Paris: Netflix hit's creator Darren Star 'not sorry' for 'clichés', US man jailed for supplying guns used in San Bernardino shootings, Poland abortion ruling: Protests spread across the country, Coronavirus infections continue to rise across UK. I doubt I will be rushing to live there Bailey added that the only assessment of the product’s performance given to him pertained to its thermal insulation, not its fire performance. These test results were not given to the U.K. body which issues safety certificates used by the construction industry. The decision to use the ACM panels came after TMO opted to replace the fire-resistant zinc cladding proposed by Studio E Architects and approved the Grenfell residents. At 22:30 BST, people in homes across the UK have been asked to shine a bright green light from their screens to show solidarity with the bereaved and survivors. VideoComposer with dementia meets students he inspired, 'The most wholesome thing on the internet', Drive-in movie bogged down by lockdown loos, Why Nigerian protesters are upset with Beyoncé, .css-orcmk8-HeadlineContainer{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:justify;-webkit-justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;}US Election 2020: Biden seeks to clarify remark on ending oil.css-1dedj2h-Rank{-webkit-align-self:center;-ms-flex-item-align:center;align-self:center;color:#B80000;margin-left:3.125rem;}1, US election 2020: How Trump has changed the world2, Coronavirus: US cases reach record high amid new wave of infections3, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: 'Execution' video prompts war crime probe4, Virus to stay 'at least until next summer' - France's Macron5, Emily in Paris: Netflix hit's creator Darren Star 'not sorry' for 'clichés'6, US man jailed for supplying guns used in San Bernardino shootings7, Poland abortion ruling: Protests spread across the country8, Coronavirus infections continue to rise across UK9, US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead - Trump or Biden?10.

View the timetable for the week here. Government will ensure that the bereaved, survivors and the community are kept regularly updated on management of the site and engaged on any operational decisions. It’s only the outer white layer that is being changed – the blue inner layer will not be changed as this is not as exposed to the weather. VideoThe three-year-old orphaned by war, Composer with dementia meets students he inspired. Inquiry hearings will resume Thursday 22 October at 10:00. A project manager for the works said she threw away notebooks relating to her work almost a year after the deadly fire at the building in 2017. Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. Added Letter to local authority chief executives, following the Grenfell Tower fire: 11 August 2017. Added 'Letter to Grenfell United following concerns about the possibility of soil contamination: 15 October 2018'. Did I think we'd still be here three years on still talking about the removal of cladding? The Grenfell Inquiry, launched three months after a fire in Grenfell Tower in West London claimed 72 lives, is now in its third year and still ongoing. Circular letter on recladding of tall buildings has been added. Rapper Stormzy also sent a message of support to the survivors and those affected by the disaster. Listen: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast. If you have any ideas about how we can improve our communication and engagement, please let us know. If you live near to the Tower we’d like to keep you updated about the wrapping work and other issues to do with the site. On the third anniversary of the fire, with commemoration services planned online, survivors and relatives also expressed disbelief that a public inquiry into the disaster had yet to conclude. The change to cheaper aluminum panels saved the RBKC $380,791.

“This would have included emails, documents, design drawings, calculations.”.

The government will make operational decisions, including on the security and safety of the site.

Added Advice for building owners: large-scale wall system test 3. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}Police will "assess whether a criminal offence may have been committed" after records relating to the Grenfell Tower refurbishment were "binned". Guidance on handling relatives' immigration cases added.

Visit the Memorial Commission’s website for more information. I think that's a bit absurd.". "We're still talking about cladding, we're still talking about justice. Newbury boy. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. Class 0 is a classification which only pertains to the surface of a material and does not apply to it as a whole, hence the confusion. Grenfell Tower fire image copyright PA Media Police will "assess whether a criminal offence may have been committed" after records relating to the Grenfell Tower …

Around 200 National Health Service trusts across the country were urged by NHS Improvement to check the cladding on their buildings, with particular attention being paid to those buildings housing in-patients.

", Survivor Tiago Alves added: "We knew this wasn't going to be an easy fight. ... Monday 14 September 2020, 3:55pm ... documents and design drawings relating to the Grenfell Tower … “If we had a regulatory body like we had with the Greater London council and the regulations and building act and bylaws we had at the time, and a support network of experts that administered the regulations, I don’t think we would be […] here talking about people that lost their lives and all these buildings with flammable cladding and the stress and uncertainty that leaves with people living in those buildings now,” he said. No appointment is necessary, just pop in and say hello. “I believed everything would be kept on the company server because all the laptops just attached into the server and all the emails were retained on there,” he said. At the inquiry this month, building inspector at the council John Hoban sobbed as he gave evidence regarding this. Added all fire test reports in a new section. Furthermore, project priorities were changed from being completed on time to being “value for money.”, Engineering firm Artelia, then TMO’s quantity surveyor and employer’s agent, gave evidence at the inquiry to back this up. Cladding work was scheduled to be carried out by building firm Leadbitter; however, this work was due to come in $1.56m over budget. "To all the people of Grenfell, we're still mourning with you," he said. Added the initial report from the Independent Recovery Taskforce, oral statement to Parliament, and letters to residents, and to the Taskforce from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The existing Site Management team have joined the MHCLG Site Management team and you can continue to contact them using this email address and phone number.