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Grenfell Tower: was the cladding legal or not (Part 1)?
Tag: PE ACM cladding panels	Grenfell Tower: was the cladding legal or not (part 2)?	In my last post, I pointed out the statutory requirement, contained in Article B4(1) of Schedule 1 of The Building Regulations 2010, that:
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Posted on 26 June 201727 June 2017Categories Grenfell Tower disasterTags BS 8414-1, Grenfell Tower, PE ACM cladding panelsLeave a comment	Grenfell Tower: was the cladding legal or not (Part 1)?	Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, claimed on the Andrew Marr Show on 18 June 2017 that the cladding that was used on Grenfell tower is banned in the UK:
I will argue here that, from a practical point of view, this flammable cladding cannot legally be used in the UK on buildings over 18m in height. It is not that there is an explicit ban on the material. It is more that there is no way that it could ever meet the requirements of the Building Regulations, at least as interpreted by the standard industry guidance. From a practical point of view, it is not a marginal question. Aluminium composite panels with a polyethylene core are highly combustible and should never be used on high buildings. If, as has been reported, these panels are in place on other tower blocks, they should be removed immediately, or the residents evacuated.
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Posted on 23 June 201720 July 2017Categories Grenfell Tower disasterTags Grenfell Tower, PE ACM cladding panelsLeave a comment	Enabled by WordPress