Timber cladding that had been proposed for use on the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick near Birmingham but failed a fire test is expected to be replaced by a terracotta product.
Minutes of a special meeting of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust estate major projects authority committee detailed how the larch product which had been planned for use on levels 6-9 of the building had “very unusually” failed a fire test.
The back-up terracotta product, which is already being used in every area below level 5, has passed its fire test and will now replace the larch product.
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