Midland Met forced to replace cladding after original fails fire safety tests

By Jordan Marshall2021-02-08T06:00:00

Hospital swapping timber with terracotta product

The trust behind the Midlands hospital left half-built when Carillion collapsed three years ago has been forced to change the cladding after it failed fire safety checks.

Balfour Beatty has since been drafted onto the job and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust said it is now looking to install terracotta cladding after timber systems did not pass tests.

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