Hospital bosses in charge of the new Royal Liverpool hospital, whose construction stalled after the collapse of Carillion, still haven’t appointed a contractor to replace dangerous cladding on the building, it has emerged.
New documents published by the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust said that the contract for the replacement of cladding “has not been finalised”.
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It was revealed in September last year that the cladding would have to be replaced because, despite assurances from Carillion that it had been specified and installed to meet the required standards of fire safety (HTM05-02 ‘Firecode – fire safety in the design of healthcare premises’), a review by Arup had found that this was not the case, with some parts of different cladding systems on the building.
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