Another dangerous building notice lodged for Inverness property hit by car
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Highland Council will repair an Inverness building that was hit by a car over a year ago.
A car crashed into the property in Pumpgate Street/Grant Street in January 2021.
Scaffolding was put in place by the council to stop the building collapsing.
The council’s city manager David Haas said: “The scaffold was designed to support the building temporarily; and was a short-term solution until remedial works commenced.
"With one of the owners unable to implement remedial work the building is at risk of becoming dangerous once again therefore, a decision has been taken for the council to undertake the remedial work, on behalf of the owners, to carry out the repairs necessary to reinstate the building.
"Building legislation allows the council to undertake the work on behalf of the owners where there is a risk to public safety; then pursue the owners for recovery of the costs incurred once work is complete.”
The move comes after a structural inspection of the building.
The council’s structural engineer is concerned for the structural integrity of the building, particularly as there is no indication of one of the owners engaging to resolve the issue.
It has prompted the local authority to issue a dangerous building notice on both owners to reflect the deterioration of the affected building.
Laing Traditional Masonry will carry out repairs.
The work is expected to take six weeks once it gets under way.
Mr Hass added: “We share the frustration with the local community that despite repeated attempts to engage with them, one of the building owners has been unable to arrange the necessary action to reinstate the building.
"We have been left with little choice than to issue a second dangerous building notice on both owners and arrange for Laing Traditional Masonry to undertake the work on their behalf.
"We will be working closely with the contractor to keep any disruption to the local community to a minimum and as soon as we can confirm a start date for the works we will.”
