Contractor鈥檚 subsidiary accused of building 鈥渄efectively designed and constructed鈥� office blocks
Contractor Galliford Try is facing a legal claim for over 拢700,000 for alleged leaks at an office development in Crawley.
The three Pegasus buildings were built by Galliford Try鈥檚 subsidiary Try Construction between 2001 and 2002 for investor McKay Securities.
The buildings, totalling around 60,000ft2, included a terracotta tile rainscreen system as part of the external cladding that McKay Securities claimed, in papers filed at the High Court, was 鈥渄efectively designed and constructed in that it is not watertight鈥�.
McKay claimed it had already carried out remedial work to one of the three buildings at a cost of 拢171,047 and the total cost of the repairs and investigations for all three buildings would come to 拢714,996.
It claimed fixing the problem required it to remove all the tiles and insulation to 鈥渋nstall a watertight membrane鈥�; renew the fire protection coatings on the steelwork that had been 鈥渄amaged by water ingress鈥�; and improve the windproofing of the insulation boards.
A Galliford Try spokesperson said the firm would 鈥渂e responding with its defence in due course鈥�, but declined to comment further.
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