Noel Park Pod & Major Works Project

Back in December the Equans site office was given a festive look to help celebrate Christmas.

Social Value Manager, Julian Sanz, visited the site team at Noel Park and as part of our local community engagement work with Noel Park Big Local, helped the site team decorate their site office for the Christmas period.

As well as members of the site team helping out, local residents and Noel Park Big Local members, Laurie and Euclides also gave Julian a hand getting some of the decorations ready.

In addition to decorating the office, Equans will also be raffling off three Christmas hampers across all our Haringey contracts as well as donating toys to local children's charities. This is all part of Equans' social value activities on behalf of Haringey Council.

We are currently carrying out external (pod related) hardstanding, re-instatement of the garden to their previous condition and snagging works to the pods of the two pilot properties.

If you would like an update on works being undertaken at your specific property please contact your RLOs, Hayley on 07816 097 737 or Lyn on 07767 648 158.

We now have images available as an example of the void properties residents will be requested to decant into throughout the duration of the works to their home in order to install the pods.

A selection of the images have been displayed below, further images can be found within our image library or by clicking here.

On 3rd November the first modular extension pod was installed!

The bad weather didn't stop the team from successfully craning the first modular pod into position. A great team effort from everyone involved ensured a nervous procedure went as smoothly as it did.

Click here to watch a video of the successful installation.

As a reminder, a 'show pod' is available for viewing - if you'd like to view the 'show pod' please call your RLOs Hayley or Lyn.

The Equans site office underwent a spooky transformation this Halloween complete with gravestones for the site team.

The Noel Park site team joined in all the Halloween fun when they decided to decorate their site office including gravestones, pumpkins and a huge spider whilst also giving out sweets to local trick or treaters.

RLO, Hayley had the genius idea of re-using some old roof slates to make gravestones for the entire site team which was just the finishing touch the transformed site office was missing.

Local residents hosted a trick or treat estate walk round with more than 40 children in-toe, and everyone was invited to decorate their home and hand out treats.

We hope everyone enjoyed our goodies and we look forward to seeing all the pictures from local residents.

Residents of Noel Park now have beautiful artwork to look at rather than blank hoardings thanks to a painted mural commissioned by Equans.

Equans recently installed a 'show pod' so that residents could see first hand what their new kitchen and bathroom pods would look like once installed. As the pods were facing residents' properties Equans decided to commission some artwork that would include some of Haringey's highlights, as well as improving the site's appearance.

Feedback from local residents has been overwhelmingly positive. Once the show pod completes it's two month display, the hoarding will be moved to the local Changing Gears social enterprise at the nearby Russell Park, so it can continue to be enjoyed by the community.

Equans staff promoted careers in construction to residents at a recent Haringey employment and jobs fair.

On 7th October, Equans' Social Value Manager, Julian Sanz, was joined by Learning & Development Officer, Suzanne Bingham, as they spoke to residents about the variety of careers available within the construction industry.

The event was attended by more than 300 residents and included guest speakers such as Judith Page (Assistant Director of Housing Property Services for Haringey Council) who spoke about careers in construction and unblocking those careers for women wanting to enter the industry.

The day was a great success with Julian and Suzanne helping 15 residents apply for jobs with Equans via our online portal, another five candidates were given interview dates for some of available Resident Liaison positions.

If you would like to know more about the career opportunities at Equans please visit https://jobs.equans.co.uk/

Today marks a milestone moment for the EQUANS team at Noel Park with the delivery of the first Modular Extension Pod.

The Show Modular delivered will be put on display and showcased to all the residents and leaseholder’s who have elected to have the works and also appreciate all the work that has gone into the design and bringing the works to where we are today.

"Great team effort in ensuring it’s safe delivery and positioning in what was a tight space, site will complete the preparation works around the Modular and make it a show room environment for all to view and hopefully admire. Well done all involved." Leigh Fussell, Senior Contracts Manager, EQUANS

We're pleased to announce that we have recently welcomed two new staff members to the Noel Park site team.

Lyn Rutherford is joining as Resident Liaison Officer and will work alongside our existing RLO, Hayley. In addition, Mark Gibson has joined as Project Manager and will be working closely with Site Manager, Jim.

New RLO, Lyn Rutherford

New Project Manager, Mark Gibson

Both Mark's and Lyn's contact details can be found here, as usual we ask that any queries relating to the works being carried out are directed to your appointed RLOs, Hayley and Lyn.

Please join us in welcoming Lyn and Mark to the team.

A full-sized example of a modular extension will be ready for you to visit in the next few weeks. This will give you a good idea of what to expect when the extensions are installed.

If you are interested in looking at this extension, please get in touch at: noelpark@haringey.gov.uk or call your Resident Liaison Officers, Hayley or Lyn to arrange an appointment.