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Sep 14, 2026
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But complicit finds the report were the organizations charged with safety tests like these and certifying the products as safe.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Chiefly the former Buildings Research Establishment, BRE, which the inquiry found following privatization was so reliant on the industry for its revenue it sacrificed its application of principle to its commercial interest.
Julian LeysGUEST
Obviously in the UK back in the '90s, the BRANZ equivalent, the Building Research Establishment, they did something similar to become fully commercial and, you know, product testing became less about research and much more about revenue.
Julian LeysGUEST
And there's a journalist that post Grenfell, that terrible accident that, that happened in the UK where 72 people died, and a building, you know, that was clad in products it had on paper passed certification.
Josh AvesteHOST
They didn't listen to any of those warnings.
Josh AvesteHOST
And that's because there was a government-backed organisation called the Building Research Establishment.
Josh AvesteHOST
And they carried out a large-scale fire test on cladding systems incorporating aluminium composite panels with unmodified polyethylene cores.
Josh AvesteHOST
And this was just like the cladding that was on Grenfell.
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Josh AvesteHOST
And both Silotex and Kingspan also didn't inform the public of their cutting issues.
Josh AvesteHOST
And then it was the turn of the testing bodies.
Josh AvesteHOST
Well, the building research establishment was meant to be independent, but what the inquiry found is that they were complicit in the manufacturers hiding information from the public.
Josh AvesteHOST
They sacrificed their scientific integrity because they wanted to continue the contract with their paying clients.