Tower blocks report

Tower blocks report; Tower blocks report; ITN Birmingham LA Deep gash through brick wall MS Chipped wall above grating MS Peeling side wall of tower block and knocked down wooden fence in f/g TMS Scaffolding erected around bottom of block CMS CLIVE PICKERING (Asst Housing Dir, Birmingham) EXT INTVW SOF: (on more controls on building now than in 50s) "It is doubtful -- bad workmanship." LA Damaged concrete panel on balcony PULL OUT more MS Crushed brick cladding on wall PAN L-R CMS Elderly woman talking from balcony PULL OUT to scaffolding on wall and workman in distance CBV Workman laying bricks (replacing bricks to allow for future movement) CMS Cracked wall PULL OUT TMS Steel reinforcement rod in damaged concrete (rods placed too near concrete) CMS Hole in ceiling where water seeps and rusts rod which expands & forces concrete away PULL OUT CMS CLIVE PICKERING EXT INTVW SOF: (Standard of building in 60s was very bad and Birmingham has big problem with tower blocks now) "So today's building -- to overcome." CMS MICHAEL CRICK EXT I/C SOF: "In the 1960s -- have brought." London: Hackney: Northaird Point LA Northaird point tower block PAN DOWN LA SIGN 'Northaird point' MS Metal grating boarding up front ext of tower block MS Boarded up windows, and broken windows CMS ALFRED TOYE (Trowbridge Estate Tenants Association) EXT INTVW SOF: (on problems with tower blocks from beginning: first storm and buildings leaked) "It started a -- mopping up." MS Shabby ground floor front of block and boarded up doors PAN L-R to rubbish LA Tower block CMS JOANNIE ANDREWS (Hackney Housing Committee) EXT INTVW SOF: (building was so bad that cheaper to demolish rather than to repair) "After consultation -- to live in." TGV Tower blocks seen through scaffolding LA Scaffold on tower block