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199 Expert Witnesses: Week 2

鈥淔oolish, irresponsible and a missed opportunity鈥

This week, as we passed the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, two expert witnesses levelled a series of fierce criticisms at the building safety regime. Jos茅 Torero, head of the civil engineering department at a London university, described the competence levels among fire safety professionals as 鈥渆xtremely poor鈥 and called for the Stay Put strategy to be abandoned. And Luke Bisby, professor of fire and structures at Edinburgh University, told the Inquiry, that he was 鈥渋ncredulous鈥 at the misuse of fire tests by a cladding firm, and said there was a 鈥渟ignificant problem鈥 with the level of competence of fire safety professionals.
Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producers: Sharon Hemans and Kristiina Cooper
Researcher: Marcia Veiga
Sound Engineer: Gareth Jones
Editor: Hugh Levinson

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