Evacuation after collapse at Keltbray Holborn site

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The chief executive of Keltbray Brendan Kerr has expressed his "shock" after 100 construction workers and people in nearby premises had to be evacuated when a building the company was demolishing in central London part-collapsed earlier this week, write Tim Clark. Speaking to Building, Kerr said: "We are genuinely shocked. We had an experienced team working on the project, some of whom have been working for us since 1993. All floors had been stress-tested by a structural engineer." Keltbray had been working on the building in Holborn's Portugal Street conducting a top-down demolition when the uncontrolled collapse occurred, pulling down scaffolding surrounding it. One person, who was injured in the collapse, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.