Fire-hit Lancefield Quay residents face two-year wait to return as demolition begins

More than 2000 residents were affected and forced to evacuate the Clydeside flats on December 9 with up to 60 firefighters deployed to tackle the blaze.

No-one was injured.

So far residents from 68 out of the 92 apartments have been able to return, with those from the other 24 flats still displaced.

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They now face a two-year wait to return to their homes as work begins to partially demolish and reinstate the building - with the worst affected flats being brought down from March 2. 

Glasgow-based Nixon has been appointed to oversee the project, which is expected to be completed towards the end of 2021. 

Originally a quayside transit store built in 1947, the building was converted in the late eighties as part of an urban renewal plan for the city.

Fire-damaged Lancefield Quay flats

Nixon director Dominic MacConnell said: "We understand this is a sensitive and anxious time for the residents.

"Our priority is to begin the first phase of works and to ensure we work together with residents and contractors and all those affected by the fire.  

"The building is loved by its residents and we look forward to returning it to them and to the city.”

Ken Robertson, director of Lancefield Quay Riverside Limited, added: "Our priority is first and foremost to restore our landmark building for our residents.

"We have appointed Glasgow-based multidisciplinary company NIXON to lead the engineering, architectural and project management works.

"We look forward to working closely with them to complete the projects and to see our residents returned to their homes.”