Building safety case information

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Building safety information

Name: Platt Court

Address: Farnworth Drive, off Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester, M14 5LT

Height: 39 metres

Number of floors: 12

Number of apartments: 62

Number of staircases: 1

Year built: 1967

 

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 north and south elevations
  • Wonderwall 1 Clay Brick Slip Panel Cladding System on phenolic foam insulation (ground floor only)
  • Wetherby external wall insulation render system with WBS stone wool insulation
  • Insulated spandrel panels with polyurethane foam core to some window openings in the recessed part of the north elevation

Date of latest Fire Risk Assessment: Thursday 2 May 2024

Risk rating: Moderate risk

Date of next Fire Risk Assessment: Friday 2 May 2025

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: