Opposition is mounting on a £1.2million plan to fix the heating system at Dundee City Council HQ.
Dundee Live revealed last week how the building in the needs new radiators and pipework after major faults were identified.
In recent months the system has failed six times in Dundee House, with 80 radiators developing pin hole issues resulting in leaks appearing at random throughout the building.
We told previously how locals were highly critical of the plan and now a local opposition politician has added his voice.
Labour's City Development spokesperson, Councillor Richard McCready, expressed his shock at the maintenance bill.
He drew attention to the recent spate of building maintenance issues, including over £4million for repairs at the Olympia pool and more than £4million to replace botched repairs to roofs.
At a meeting on Monday he put forward an amendment calling for an independent report to be commissioned into building maintenance across the council which would have been tasked to ensure that the correct resources were being deployed on building maintenance on issues like personnel, processes or budgets.
Councillor McCready told Dundee Live: “There is a very unwelcome pattern emerging here.
“In a few short months we are approaching a figure of £10million for repairs that seem to be to say the least out of the ordinary. What else could be done with that money?
“Given the ongoing issue at Olympia and the issues regarding the roof repairs which have all come to light in the last few months I thought that there was is a need for an independent review of repairs and maintenance of buildings.”
And he added: “The people of Dundee are facing a cost of living crisis, the Council Tax is going up and a substantial part of that increase will go to pay for what looks like avoidable maintenance problems. This is not good enough.”
“The people of Dundee deserve answers.”
Responding to the criticism of the plan last week, a Dundee Council spokesman explained the issues are linked to the installation of thin walled carbon steel in the HQ building that ‘under certain parameters’ is ‘not as robust’ as mild steel and some other alternatives.
They said: “While we have been able to deal with issues as they have developed so far at Dundee House, nothing but a full replacement of pipework and radiators will tackle these in the longer term.
“We are not alone in this, as other examples across the UK show, including the critical care facility at Belfast Royal Infirmary.
“There is an urgent need for this work to take place as we need to ensure that both council and Social Security Scotland operations are not threatened due to this risk.”
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