Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Kingspan Manager Belligerent Over Fire Concerns In 2008, Grenfell Inquiry Hears

A senior executive at Kingspan, which made combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower, said a builder who questioned its product’s fire safety should “go f*ck themselves”, – the public inquiry into the fire has heard. Philip Heath, a technical manager at the company, also said of a contractor trying to check what turned out to be misleading claims about the safety of its foam boards: “If they are not careful, we’ll sue the arse off them.” He also told friends that builders asking questions were mistaking him for “someone who gives a dam [sic]”. The angry responses to the questioning of the material’s safety emerged in emails from 2008 shown to the inquiry. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/30/kingspan-manager-belligerent-over-fire-concerns-in-2008-grenfell-inquiry-hears

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