Rydon 'struggled' to find cladding specialists for refurb, Grenfell Inquiry told

摘要

The main contractor on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower lacked cladding subcontractor contacts and struggled to attract interest from firms in the sector apart from Harley Facades, the inquiry into 2017's fire disaster has heard. Former Rydon commercial manager Zak Maynard told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that the business had not been able to get estimates for recladding the west London tower block from firms other than Harley as it assembled its tender for Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation. Giving evidence to the inquiry, which resumed today (Monday) after a five-week summer break, Maynard - who was Rydon's Zak Maynard, former commercial manager at Rydon, gives evidence to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry managing surveyor at the time the firm was appointed to the Grenfell job - said completing the tender package for the work had been a challenge in early 2014.