{"id":441607,"date":"2025-09-21T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441607\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:42:13","slug":"emergency-work-to-be-carried-out-on-unsafe-liverpool-city-centre-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441607\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency work to be carried out on unsafe Liverpool city centre building"},"content":{"rendered":"

A piece of the building fell onto the pavement below this weekDan Haygarth<\/strong><\/a> Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter<\/p>\n

19:03, 21 Sep 2025Updated 19:12, 21 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice at the scene on Berry Street on Wednesday(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

Emergency work will be carried out on a building in Liverpool city centre<\/a> which was declared unsafe after a part of it fell onto the pavement below. Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were called to a building on the corner of Bold Street and Berry Street<\/a> at 10.45am on Wednesday, September 17, after being alerted to issues with the structure.<\/p>\n

The four-storey building, which houses restaurant Mee Japanese & Thai Street Food on its ground floor, showed signs of “loose rendering”, according to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service<\/a>. A piece of that rendering, around a metre in length, had fallen onto the pavement below.<\/p>\n

The pavement was closed and a cordon was put in place<\/a>. A Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said on Wednesday: “A structural engineer was requested, and Liverpool City Council was informed, with Merseyside Police assisting with traffic management.<\/p>\n

“Crews liaised with the restaurant manager of the premises situated to the ground floor of the building, before contacting the landlord.<\/p>\n

“Following a meeting between police and fire at scene, it was determined that road closures would not be needed at that moment in time, the cordon was also reinforced.<\/p>\n

\"EmergencyEmergency services on Berry Street in Liverpool city centre on Wednesday(Image: @Liverpool1207 \/ X)<\/p>\n

“A building surveyor attended shortly after, and following consultation with police, deemed the building unsafe, requesting a team to attend to carry out remedial work to make the affected area safe.”<\/p>\n

A cage was put up around the ground floor of the building on Wednesday to close the pavement. It has since been closed fully, with a blue fence and cones put up to keep people away from the pavement.<\/p>\n

In an update about the building’s condition and the next steps to be taken, a Liverpool City Council<\/a> spokesperson told the ECHO<\/a>: \u201cThe danger present on the building is being dealt with by Liverpool City Council\u2019s Building Control team under S.78 of the Building Act 1984.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have closed off the pavement immediately beneath the affected part of the building, whilst our emergency works contractor sources suitable equipment to remove or make safe the remaining loose parts that remain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis emergency work is due to take place on Monday, September 22, and the pavement will then be opened for use again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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