Hearing told material used on tower became 鈥榬aging inferno鈥� in first major fire test
It was 鈥渃ommon knowledge鈥� an insulation product installed as part of the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower had been using a fire test report for a different product, a former project manager at its manufacturer has admitted.
Kingspan technical project manager Ivor Meredith told Monday鈥檚 hearing of the Grenfell Inquiry that he was aware that the firm鈥檚 Kooltherm K15 insulation had been using a 2005 test report of an older version of the product, known by the firm as 鈥榦ld technology鈥� K15, and had flagged his concerns to senior staff.
Last month the firm withdrew the test reports for the product, which had been changed to a newer version dubbed 鈥榥ew technology鈥� K15 in 2006 鈥� but by this time it had been selling the insulation on the market for more than 14 years.
The inquiry has already been shown a letter sent from Kingspan to the 星空传媒 Research Establishment (BRE) on 23 October 2020 which admitted that tests of K15 carried out in 200