Decision details

To gain the necessary approval to undertake urgent remedial works to the Brise Soliel panel system installed on The Curve Façade

To:

-       approve the scheme outlined within the report at a cost of £2.2m, with £1.468m of this financed from the existing operational estate capital maintenance programme.

-       approve the addition of the remaining £732k as an immediate start to the 2024/25 capital programme, to be financed from capital receipts.

On Saturday 4th May 2024, one of the louvres fell from the exterior of Curve into the Orton Square area. Nobody was injured and the area around the building was cordoned off with the assistance of the Fire Services. At the time of the incident there were no inclement weather conditions, and the cause of the incident was unknown. Following the initial investigations, it was found that the original fixing strategy had failed in certain areas.

We have since engaged a specialist façade engineer alongside a specialist façade remedial contractor to inspect the building and pull a plan into place to undertake full remediation works to make the building safe again.

We are presently aiming to be on site remediating the entire façade late 2024, with a completion forecasted during Autumn 2025.

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