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Watch our interview with BRE Global’s Dr David Crowder about the ramifications of the Lakanal House fire safety prosecution.
Senior content manager for The Protection & Management Series Charlotte Wright asks Crowder if lessons have been learned, the fire-safety challenges of residential buildings generally and his forthcoming talk on the Lakanal case.
Dr Crowder, who is head of fire investigation and expert witness services at BRE, will be speaking at FIREX from 14:00 on 20 June, conducting a speaker Q&A and meet and greet between 14:30-14:50.
Topics being covered are:
A recap of the issues in Lakanal as presented during the inquest
The charges brought and the decisionmaking process that led to those charges being brought
Implications of the incident and a future look at the industry
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Watch: The Lakanal House fire safety prosecution revisted by Dr David CrowderWatch our interview with BRE Global's Dr David Crowder about the ramifications of the Lakanal House fire safety prosecution.
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DAVID EVANS
June 19, 2017 9:36 am
We have been successfully working on a new construction material that is totally non-combustible and are now available in Europe. These will make every new and old building non-combustible and water proof.
[…] industry that a Grenfell-type disaster was likely. There had been previous fire incidents, such as Lakanal House in Camberwell, in 2009, where six people died, but cladding was not seen a direct factor and the death toll was […]
We have been successfully working on a new construction material that is totally non-combustible and are now available in Europe. These will make every new and old building non-combustible and water proof.
[…] industry that a Grenfell-type disaster was likely. There had been previous fire incidents, such as Lakanal House in Camberwell, in 2009, where six people died, but cladding was not seen a direct factor and the death toll was […]