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Make-designed government office building in Blackpool to reopen tomorrow after cladding failure

By 2026-01-12T13:05:00

Fylde View building

Source: Martin Bostock, Blackpool council

Staff told to leave £100m Vinci Building scheme last week after section of cladding fell from sixth floor and landed next to front entrance

A £100m government office building in Blackpool designed by Make Architects will reopen tomorrow six days after it was evacuated when a section of cladding fell from the block’s sixth floor.

Around 3,000 staff were told to leave the Fylde View building last Wednesday when a 4.2m-long piece of brise soleil became detached from the seven storey building at 9.45am and hit the ground close to the block’s front entrance.

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