Earlier this month, staff from Equans attended the G15 Apprenticeship event in London in an effort to offer apprenticeship and training opportunities to Notting Hill Genesis residents.
Social Value Managers, Pat Warren and Mark Bush attended the event in Glaziers Hall in London and spoke to a number of interested residents about the apprenticeships, work placements and accredited training opportunities available from Equans.
Local sustainable recruitment is a major objective for Equans and is one we focus on heavily when delivering our social value commitments for our clients.
If you are interested in an apprenticeship, work placement or training opportunity with Equans, please reach out to us by contacting your RLO who will pass on your details to our Social Value team.
As of 1st June, drop-in sessions are no longer taking place.
If you have any queries or concerns about the works being undertaken by Equans we ask that you contact Resident Liaison Officer, Paige Knowles on 07890 415 100 or at paige.knowles@equans.com.
You can also visit Paige in person at the Equans site office adjoined to Malthouse Court every Wednesday between 10am-12pm.
Balcony works on the South & West elevations including the stripping of existing decking and cladding are currently underway.
We have now stripped back the 5th floor penthouse which includes stripping of the existing soffits, cladding and decking as well as the removal of all balcony lights.
Penthouse cladding removal
The remaining four floors have had all the decking removed including cladding and balcony light removal.
West Elevation - Balcony decking stripped out
If you'd like a further update on the works being carried out by Equans, please contact your RLO, Paige.
The Goat Wharf site team have achieved an impressive high score from the Considerate Constructors Scheme after scoring 41/45 on a recent audit.
On 25th April, a CCS monitor visited the scheme and carried out an audit of the site, commenting things like "An informative visit took place with it obvious the appropriate measures were in place to reduce any inconvenience to residents to the minimum."
The CCS is an independent organisation founded to raise standards in the construction industry to ensure all construction sites present an image of competent management, efficiency, awareness of environmental issues and above all neighbourliness. Monitors from the scheme regularly audit our sites to ensure we are adhering to the scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice which is designed to encourage best practice beyond statutory requirement.
Each audit is split into three categories; respect for the community, protecting the environment and valuing the workforce each with a potential score out of 15 with a total combined max score of 45 available. To score above 13 in any category warrants an excellent level of achievement for that category.
Congratulations to Paige, Gary and the rest of the site team, who work so hard every day to maintain such high standards
For more information about the Considerate Constructors Scheme please visit our information page here.
We're sad to inform you that Site Manager, Willem Vermeulen has left the scheme.
New Site Manager, Gary Lowe has recently joined the team as Willem's replacement - please join us in welcoming Gary to the scheme.
Gary can be contacted on 07977 666 699 or at gary.lowe@equans.com. As normal please direct any general queries or questions you have about the works taking place to your allocated Resident Liaison Officer, Paige Knowles.
On behalf of the Equans site team delivering these works, welcome to the Goat Wharf resident website.
On this site, we will display important information about the scheme including an introduction to Equans, our expertise and the team working on this scheme. We will also provide you with key contact details including our emergency out of hours number, show progress photos and provide updates on the works we're delivering throughout the duration of the scheme.
Take your time to browse each section at your own leisure but as a summary please see below:
- Introduction: Found at the top of the left side of the page, this section is our introduction to you, providing a brief explanation of who we are and what works we'll be carrying out on this scheme. You'll also find a link to our website as well as for Notting Hill Genesis
- News Feed: Found on the left side of the page underneath the 'Introduction' section, the 'News Feed' includes all our recent news and activity. It's in date order so the most recent news is always at the top for your convenience
- Contact us: Found at the top of the right side, this section details every member of the Equans site team appointed to this scheme as well as a brief explanation of their role and most importantly their contact details. We've shown the key contacts on the main page, but click more to see the full team
- About Equans: This section tells you a little more about us, our expertise and our approach to corporate responsibility.
- Careers at Equans: We're keen to promote recruitment, click the image displayed to view all our current vacancies. We also have apprenticeships available - just contact us for more details!
- Document Library: Like it says on the tin, here is where we display any relevant documents related to the works - you may already have a paper version of these documents, so these are just a copy that may come in handy to view, download or print
- Photo Library: Like the 'Document library', this is where we will display our progress photos taken throughout the duration of the works. Each image will also have a short caption to explain what's being shown
We hope you find this site useful and informative. If you have any queries or concerns about the ongoing works, don't hesitate to call your dedicated Resident Liaison Officer, details can be found within our 'Contact Us' section.
Please see below for NHG's resident update for March - please note this article has been summarised, if you'd like to read the full update please click - here.
Thank you to all those who were available to join our resident meeting on Tuesday 28th February. We apologise again for the technical issues and thank you for your patience. The slides from the presentation were circulated on Wednesday 1st March to all residents - if you did not see these please reach out to your PMO, Saphire Stirling on 0203 815 1976 or at saphire.stirling@nhg.org.uk.
Material Consultation
We have completed the colour sample on the zinc and timber facades and produced a brochure to illustrate all sample colours and provide you with an idea of how they will look once installed.
Confirmation of materials to date:
Zinc Cladding - panels to match existing welted joints - manufacturer (Alzeco RAL 7040)
Timber Cladding/Soffits - Marley Cedral Lap Weatherboard Cladding (Light Oak - CL104)
For decking replacement we have explored all options available and have found the best match. We took on board your comments of the previous sample being too light. The alternative sample is to review in the brochure. We welcome your comments on the decking sample via your PMO/HO.
Decking - Ryno TerraSmart Aluminium Decking (Fawn Brown - RAL 8007) - for your comments by 19th March.
Balcony Works
Equans will have a balcony works tracker in place and work with residents phase by phase. Paige Knowles (RLO) will contact residents in due course. We understand that some residents have some bespoke glass panels on their balcony. All glazing that is removed, will be marked for ease of identification to ensure that it is refitted in the correct space. This will combat the issue of the wrong panels being installed to any balconies.
Scaffolding
Scaffolding on Phase 1 has been completed and has an alarm installed. This will be repeated on Phases 2 and 3 as the scaffold erection is completed.
NHG contacts for direct enquiries
PMO - Saphire Stirling - saphire.stirling@nhg.org.uk
HO - Catherine Hart - catherine.hart@nhg.org.uk
Resident liaison drop-in sessions
Paige Knowles will be holding drop-in sessions starting Tuesday 14th March. Paige will run these sessions from the room on the ground floor in Malthouse Court from 10am til 12noon on Tuesdays and 2-4pm on Thursdays on a weekly basis.
NHG Resident Updates
Resident Meeting Slides_12th Mar24 (565 KB) (pdf)
