From 2005 until after the #Grenfell Tower fire, Arconic "deliberately concealed from the market the true extent of the danger of using Reynobond 55 PE in cassette form, particularly on high-rise buildings". #GrenfellReport #GrenfellInquiry

With "complicity" of BRE, Celotex engaged in "dishonest scheme to mislead its customers and the wider market" over fire testing of its foam insulation and its suitability for high-rise buildings. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

Kingspan "knowingly created a false market in insulation for use on buildings over 18m in height" by claiming that testing showed it could be used in any building over 18m. This was "a false claim, as it well knew". #Grenfell #GrenfellReport #GrenfellInquiry

Tests in 2007 and 2008 on systems incorporating the then-current form of K15 insulation were "disastrous", but Kingspan did not withdraw the product from the market, despite its own concerns about its fire performance. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

Kingspan "cynically exploited" industry’s lack of detailed knowledge about standards, tests & regs and relied on "unsuspecting market" accepting its own claims about the product. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

Dishonest strategies of Arconic and Kingspan succeeded in large measure due to "incompetence" of BBA, failure to adhere robustly to its own system of checks & "ingrained willingness to accommodate customers instead of insisting on high standards". #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

There was "complete failure" by LABC over a number of years to ensure certificates it issued in respect of Celotex RS5000 and Kingspan K15 were technically accurate. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

National House-Building Council was unwilling to upset its own customers & wider construction industry by revealing the scale of the use of combustible insulation in the external walls of high-rise buildings, contrary to the statutory guidance. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

UKAS did not always follow its own policies & its assessment processes were lacking in rigour and comprehensiveness. Even when failings were identified, they were not properly explored and opportunities to improve were not always taken. #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

You can read the full Phase 2 report here: grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/phase-2-report #Grenfell #GrenfellReport

Global engineering, #architecture and #consultancy company Ramboll has acquired data center consulting company i3 Solutions Group. 🔗bit.ly/4g8FjNF

Ireland can become a world leader in offsite and MMC, but needs policy support in order to digitalise and decarbonise construction, write Paul Tierney, CEO of MMC Ireland, and Pat Kirwan, chair of MMC Ireland’s Policy & Support Integration working group pbctoday.co.uk/news/mmc-news/…

✨Trimble Inc. has launched a new Reality Capture platform service designed to streamline data management, visualization and collaboration. 🔗 digitalconstructiontoday.com/trimble-launch… #DataManagement #RealityCapture

BIM Ventures, a Saudi-based venture capital studio, has signed an agreement with a VC unit of Standard Chartered Bank to drive digital transformation and growth in the kingdom 🔗 digitalconstructiontoday.com/bim-ventures-a… #digitaltransformation

Glider Technology, a provider of digital information management solutions for the built environment, EDocuments, a specialist in digital handover and information management for BIM and asset information models. 🔗 bit.ly/3B2Km27 Glider #BIM #Technology

SATO, a European research project that aims to create a self-assessment and optimization platform for integrating building energy data, has used BIM technology for a new program that collects and represents energy data in a 3D model. Link: digitalconstructiontoday.com/european-resea… #BIM

The world is about to get a new second tallest building. The Burj Azizi is currently under construction in Dubai and will stand a staggering 725-metres above the city when it completes. That height will put it into the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's "megatall"

The Smart Cities Council has announced a strategic partnership with #GITEXGLOBAL, the Largest Tech & Startup Show in the World. Read more about this event here: digitalconstructiontoday.com/smart-cities-c…

The ultimate construction project. Teams from 35 nations are coming together ITER to build the largest nuclear fusion reactor ever conceived, a machine that could quite literally change the world. See how tools from Procore Technologies are helping it happen 👉

Dr Jinying Xu, Marie Skłodowska–Curie fellow in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, looks at how #BIM can help to mitigate carbon emissions on the road to net zero. #netzero #AEC bit.ly/3Zlw86B