Contractor Frameworks for Responding to Dangerous Buildings

Lancaster City Council has responsibility under the Building Act 1984 to protect the public from dangerous buildings and structures. During office hours such reports of dangerous building are reported to its Building Control Team within the Regeneration and Planning Service. Outside normal working hours the council responds via its Duty Emergency Incident Officer (DEIO). In recent years the district has witnessed a number of high profile dangerous building incidents including the Megazone fire on Marine Road West -...