The BRS later became the construction of the building research company (BRE) before it was privatized in 1997. Her successor, who is no longer part of the British state, was criticized by the Grenfell Tower examination for his role in this catastrophe.
The documents from Indoor housing Also unveiled the political impulse to prioritize the system construction of the system, which began with Sir Keith Joseph, the then conservative Minister of Housing.
In a political briefing from 1962 for the cabinet with the “Secret” cabinet and from Mr. Webb before his death: “We have to use more industry techniques. Here and in Europe, various methods are developed that reduce erection and structure of workers.
“These mainly relate to the construction of high blocks … I will promote these experiments and secure the great introduction of the most successful systems.”
This government and the successive workforce would then pursue high housing goals with specific destinations for thousands of systems per year. They would put the local authorities under pressure to sign large contracts with private companies for their construction.
Another document, a briefing to the London County Council, praised the new technology for reducing construction times, but added that “the supporting wall construction is difficult to use with this method”. The floor slabs provided structural integrity, and the report showed that this was “for blocks up to 11 floors in the amount of” satisfactory “. In addition, it is “suspected that the construction systems would require greater rigidity”.
The document of seen by Indoor housing is a design equipped with this line. It is not clear whether it made it into the final briefing or not, but the method was quickly adopted in London and elsewhere for blocks of more than 20 floors.
After the collapse on the Ronan Point, Ivy Hodge was exerted pressure, the tenant of the apartment where the explosion took place. She was grilled by her decision to ask a neighbor to install her gas cooker, which was assumed that he was the cause of the explosion.
However, documents from MR WebB indicate that on the day of the explosion, there may be a big electrical error in the underground heating in your apartment, which led to an initial explosion, followed by a secondary explosion of the gas leak.
Ms. Hodge always played the light of a game and 18 witnesses reported that two separate explosions heard, although this evidence was rejected by the Ministry of Defense.
Other documents show that the system builders continued to use the government for the construction method after the collapse. In a meeting with the ministers, she warned that Ronan Point had “created doubts about the reliability of her construction method and the fact that the demands on the post -load were“ discriminated ”for strengthening the work and were used carefully by the London districts.
They called for changes to the building stands to loosen the restrictions of their product and to invoice the tenants' tenants in order to pay their rising costs, as well as instructions that are given to the local authorities in order to “insist on” building on strict guarantees for system construction “.
LPS buildings are still a challenge for the social housing sector. It is believed that there are 740 skyscrapers in England, 350 of which still have a gas supply.
Many are currently being checked by the building security regulation, which could require extensive strengthening the work in order to make it safe.
Landlords from Sunderland to Brighton have already decided to demolish the buildings instead of doing this work, which would be extremely expensive and would lead to the residents to leave the house for years while the work was carried out.