The number of tower blocks clad with combustible ACM cladding could be much higher than official figures suggest, a fire safety expert has warned.
Speaking at the Royal Institute of British Architects fire safety conference, Gary Strong, director of practice standards and technical guidance at RICS, claimed that many owners of private blocks had not yet disclosed the presence of ACM cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower.
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He estimated that the number buildings identified as having combustible ACM cladding could turn out to be more than double the 323 identified in the last report by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHCLG), according to Inside Housing.
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