@junesim63 @ChrisMayLA6 @KimSJ When you look into the failures leading to Grenfell it doesn't take long before the name Margaret Thatcher appears.
Her irrational hatred of local councils caused her to remove responsibility for building control from them.
I started my architectural career in the ‘80s before this change. The council building control departments were staffed by people who knew their shit. The system worked.