A leading insulation firm has questioned the accuracy of the government’s large-scale cladding tests, carried out to assess the safety of systems for high rises following the Grenfell disaster.

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...

Two companies that caused outrage over their behaviour in the Grenfell scandal face being put on a Government blacklist as punishment. Ministers want them banned from all state contracts on the ...

An insulation manufacturer has warned its product may have been used in a manner it “would never recommend” and in a combination it was not designed for as part of the cladding system for Grenfell ...

The insulating product used to clad Grenfell Tower before a disastrous fire will no longer be used on high-rise buildings, the manufacturer has said. Celotex, which manufactures the RS5000 insulation ...

Strongwell’s Strongirt® is the ideal continuous insulation (CI) cladding attachment support system. This all-FRP fiberglass pultruded composite uses a custom fire-retardant resin system and unique ...

Footage from BBC Panorama shows what happens when the insulation and the cladding that covered Grenfell Tower is exposed to a flame. The cladding core melts and lights the insulation, the video shows.