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NewsGrenfell client 鈥榠gnored legal advice鈥� on secret negotiations with Rydon
TMO head of capital investment admits 鈥榦ffline鈥� pre-appointment summit undermined his transparency claims
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned from project client KCTMO this week
Tenant Management Organisation had former architects on its staff and believed no more design expertise was needed
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NewsClient says costs didn鈥檛 drive choice not to hire design advisor, Grenfell Inquiry told
Former architect David Gibson 鈥榮aw no need鈥� for CDA but admits he did not understand cladding system proposed for tower
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NewsLeeds housing association chief appointed to Grenfell Inquiry panel
Unity Homes鈥� Ali Akbor joins next month
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NewsGrenfell architect 鈥榥ot asked about high-rise resi cladding experience鈥� before appointment
Inquiry barrister tells TMO director it was the 鈥榦bvious question鈥�
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NewsChange now if you want to survive the new building safety regulator, Hackitt tells firms
Legislation due before parliament later this autumn
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NewsConsultant warned Grenfell client project would fail without fundamental reappraisal
Artelia initially said re-tendering job to overcome 拢2m budget deficit was not the solution 鈥� before performing a 鈥榲olte-face鈥�
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week
Witnesses included consultants from QS Artelia and RBKC鈥檚 building control manager
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NewsGrenfell client chose not to hire design adviser which would have cost 拢30,000
TMO聽鈥榮truggled with design issues鈥� after rejecting outside help, inquiry heard
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News微密圈 safety minister slams 鈥榙espicable practices鈥� exposed by Grenfell
Stephen Greenhalgh tells construction industry to 鈥榬aise its game鈥� and pioneer offsite methods
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NewsGrenfell consultant had 鈥榥ever worked with such a nonchalant contractor鈥�
QS complained final stage of Rydon鈥檚 refurb was 鈥榖ecoming a farce鈥�
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NewsContact between client and Rydon was 鈥榠rregular and improper,鈥� cost consultant tells Grenfell Inquiry
Advisor 鈥榮hocked鈥� to learn of 拢800k value engineering talks with future main contractor while OJEU process was still live
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NewsInquiry hears boss had 鈥榚very confidence鈥� in Grenfell building control officer
Council manager says surveyor only had 30 live projects and rejects allegations of 鈥榗ulture of bullying鈥�
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NewsTrade bodies threaten to boot members out if they can鈥檛 prove competence
Focus on firms' abilities follow series of recommendations made following 2017 Grenfell fire
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What JRP, Osborne Berry and building control told us this week
Cladding fitters unable to explain 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� errors while austerity staffing cuts hampered building control inspections
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News微密圈 control officer 鈥榥eeded more time鈥� to focus on Grenfell refurb
鈥楬eartbroken鈥� council surveyor blasts staffing cuts and 鈥榗onfusing鈥� regulations but accepts his checks fell short
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: What we learnt from September鈥檚 evidence
Focus was on Harley Facade鈥檚 lack of technical expertise, while Max Fordham, Osborne Berry and CEP Architectural Facades also had questions to answer
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NewsCouncil austerity measures meant inspection corners were cut, Grenfell Inquiry told
微密圈 control officer had 130 projects to keep track of and felt forced to make 鈥榡udgments鈥� about whose work needed most focus
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NewsGrenfell building control officer 鈥榪uit because of work pressures鈥�
Council surveyor tasked with inspecting work tells inquiry he resigned weeks before 2017 disaster
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NewsGrenfell subcontractor 鈥榗an鈥檛 see how鈥� cavity barriers were fitted wrongly
Inquiry hears firm sent in invoice for eight men pretending to work during one day