Allen House, Bristol Case study www.remus.uk.com 01722 328685 admin@remus-mgmt.co.uk The issue: Managing a structural emergency In the early hours of September 2017 residents awoke to a sudden and violent movement. Later reports likened the event to an earthquake like feeling with a frightening bang. It was later found that a shear failure of the internal seating within the original 1800’s cast iron column running through the core of the block had caused the apartments to drop between 300mm and 400mm. As the column ran through the centre of 3 apartments the apartments affectively vertically dropped at a central point causing the floors to drop and some walls to start separating from their frame. What we did: Following the 3am OOH call, a category A response process was immediat

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