Scotland’s first high-rise building has seen its combustible cladding replaced as part of the Scottish government’s cladding remediation scheme.
Aurora Apartments, a nine-storey building in Aberdeen, has completed its remediation work to remove dangerous cladding as part of a pilot scheme set up by the Scottish government following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
As reported by the Fire Industry Association, the building was identified as one of a number of ‘high priority’ buildings requiring remediation work under the government’s Single Building Assessment (SBA) scheme.
As part of the remedial work, combustible wall cladding and insulation were removed and replaced with non-combustible alternatives. According to the Herald Scotland, an “extensive” survey of the building was carried out, including using a drone for laser scanning.