Building safety case information

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Building safety information

Name: Meredith Court

Address: Eplsey Close, Hulme, Manchester, M15 6DZ

Height: 26 metres

Number of floors: 9

Number of apartments: 70

Number of staircases: 1

Year built: 1968

 

The building structure

Reinforced in situ concrete column and floor slab frame with in fill cavity masonry construction including a whole building steel framed overclad roof and fascia panels and rainscreen external wall cladding system (see below for details).

The external walls construction is:

  • Alucobond A2 rainscreen cladding panels over rockwool mineral insulation.
  • Clay tiles cladding system with mineral wool insulation to gable ends which over clads the original render cladding and mineral fibre insulation system.
  • Wonderwall 1 Clay Brick Slip Panel Cladding System on phenolic foam insulation (ground floor only).
  • Alucobond A2 rainscreen cladding panels and rockwool mineral insulation over retained polystyrene cored spandrel panels only located in panels below existing windows, adjacent to balconies, on the rear elevation.
  • Bauclad lining to soffits of open access walkways (only located on walkway access elevation)  

Date of latest Fire Risk Assessment: Monday 30 September

Risk rating: Moderate risk

Date of next Fire Risk Assessment: Tuesday 30 September

Investment work

We carry out a regular programme of investment and improvement work to ensure all our homes and buildings are safe and pleasant places to live. We also ensure they meet the Government’s ‘Decent Homes’ standard. Previous investment work that has taken place at your building includes: