{"id":603623,"date":"2023-02-01T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/council-takes-control-of-london-project-after-partial-collapse\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:49:18","slug":"council-takes-control-of-london-project-after-partial-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/council-takes-control-of-london-project-after-partial-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Council takes control of London project after partial collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/01\/Stokie-collapse-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hackney Council-led works to stabilise a partially-collapsed building on Stoke Newington High Street in January 2023\"  >        <\/p>\n<p>The busy high street is still partially closed<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Contractors are working to stabilise a four-storey building that partially collapsed on to a busy London shopping street last week.<\/p>\n<p>Hackney Council said it had taken control of a project on Stoke Newington High Street after scaffolding and masonry fell on to the pavement on Friday (27 January).<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were called to the scene and about 20 people were evacuated from nearby shops. A section of the High Street remains closed.<\/p>\n<p>The local authority said a four-storey Victorian terraced building, which features homes above a ground-floor shop, had partially collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council has used its building control enforcement powers to take control of the work to make the building safe,\u201d it said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur contractors are now working hard to construct a supporting structure that will stabilise the existing scaffold and the building so that work can then take place to make the site safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is complex work and, while teams are working around the clock, we are not yet able to provide a firm timescale for the work to be completed and the road to reopen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[12:18] Ian Weinfass<\/p>\n<p>A Health and Safety Executive spokesperson said investigators are aware of the incident and are making initial enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonFire\/status\/1618908721102614528\">image retweeted by the London Fire Brigade<\/a> showed a block of scaffolding across the front of several shops on the street and the homes above them. A sign marked BG Scaffolding could be seen. The company has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured in the collapse. There is no detail available at this stage of how the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>People living in the affected building have been offered alternative accommodation while the council is also temporarily relocating people from homes across the road.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/council-takes-control-of-london-project-after-partial-collapse-31-01-2023\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Greg Pitcher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The busy high street is still partially closed Contractors are working to stabilise a four-storey building that partially collapsed on to a busy London shopping street last week. Hackney Council said it had taken control of a project on Stoke Newington High Street after scaffolding and masonry fell on to the pavement on Friday (27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27471,1409],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-603623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-council","8":"category-takes"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}