Whytecliffe Road

Thank you to everyone that attended our last resident meeting on Thursday 23rd January.

Please click here for the full meeting slide deck

Welcome to your resident's update from Equans. This is a great way for us to keep you up to date with all the work that has been going on so far and what we expect to achieve going forward.

If you have any queries about the works being undertaken by Equans, please direct your query to your appointed Resident Liaison Officer, Carole Coleman by calling 07880 786 442.

Please click here to read your January Newsletter

Next Resident Meeting:

We will be holding our next Resident Meeting by TEAMS on Thursday 20th February from 6:00–7.00pm. You are all invited. An email invitation will go out to you closer to the time.

We would like to inform you that our Whytecliffe Road site will be shutting for the festive holiday from Monday 23rd December and re-opening on Thursday 2nd January 2025.

In the event of an emergency during this period, please continue to use our dedicated out of hours number - 0800 328 7244.

If you see any unauthorised people trying to access the scaffold or our site during this period, please call the police.

From everyone in the site team, we hope you enjoy the festive break.

Welcome to your resident's update from Equans. This is a great way for us to keep you up to date with all the work that has been going on so far and what we expect to achieve going forward.

If you have any queries about the works being undertaken by Equans, please direct your query to your appointed Resident Liaison Officer, Carole Coleman by calling 07880 786 442.

Please click here to read your December Newsletter

Next Resident Meeting:

We will be holding our next Resident Meeting by TEAMS on Thursday 23 January from 6:00–7.00pm. You are all invited. An email invitation will go out to you closer to the time.

On behalf of the site teams, Equans would like to wish you a Happy Halloween.

Don't forget, there's a children's Halloween activity pack available to download - click here or alternatively ask your site team for a copy.

Your feedback is invaluable to us - it helps us improve our service offering for future schemes.

If you would like to provide feedback to us regarding the works undertaken by Equans, please contact your allocated Resident Liaison Officer - their details can be found with the 'Your site team' section on the homepage. They will be happy to take your feedback either in person or over the phone.

You can also download and complete our Feedback Form by clicking here - once completed hand it to any member of the Equans site team.

Thank you in advance for providing your feedback.

Thank you to everyone that attended our last resident meeting on 26th September.

Please see below for a summary of the minutes captured at the meeting - to view a full copy of the meeting minutes, please click here.

Project update/summary:

We completed the fire remediation and water proofing works, as well as the fire barriers and insulation works which are now 100% complete to all levels and elevations.

We've commenced with the installation of the new side rise cavity barriers on all the brickwork areas, including the fire collars for the existing gas flues, the kitchen and bathroom extract fans and the installation of the new balcony fire rated decking on all brickwork areas. The external decorations have commenced on the roof and 5th floor balcony handrails and railings.

We've carried out the abseiling works for the cladding, flashings and cappings at roof level on the northeast elevation, with only brickwork fire collars to follow shortly.

We have completed the whole building in a new fire-retardant breather membrane which keep the building 100% watertight behind the new cladding which we have completed.

Our aim as always, is to keep your building fully fire rated, nice and cool in the summer with warmth in the winter as well as watertight at all times.

Last month's key steps:

• We commenced with the installation of the new cladding on the front and rear elevations
• We completed the Y boards and insulation works, including the EPDM water and fireproofing works
• We have also completed removal of the current external cladding system and installed a new fire-rated system to match the existing look of the block

Next month's key steps:

• We will be completing installations of the new cladding to all elevations
• We are currently in the process of fire remediation works to all external gas flues, kitchen and bathroom extractor fans and flexy ducts
• We've completed the installation of all cavity and fire barriers as well as the Duo Slab insulation behind the new cladding
• Finally, we have now commenced with the installation of the new rain screen cladding, starting from the roof downwards

Questions:

Q: When will the external wall works finish?
A: Stage 4 design has been issued, we await design sign off with stage 4, which is imminent. We are currently working hard alongside the structural engineer, fire engineer and architect to ensure we get things right for you ensuring we leave you with a warm and secure home - please bear with us.

Q: How long will the works take?
A: At this stage, it is far too early to say the exact duration of time of projects such as this one, but our target date for completion is the 17th September 2024, we will let you know if this changes. We are currently finding some unforeseen items that we would never have known about prior to opening up the building. We will try to be as clear as we can once we know the full picture.

Q: When would the external works finish?
A: November for the cladding and brickwork we are hoping to finish by 6th November. If we can improve on that, we will. When we remove the scaffold, we aim to complete works by the end of November 2024. We are classing the bulk of the project to be completed by the end of November. There is a couple of weeks worth of works to the undercroft area and the brickwork areas as well.

Welcome to your resident's update from Equans. This is a great way for us to keep you up to date with all the work that has been going on so far and what we expect to achieve going forward.

If you have any queries about the works being undertaken by Equans, please direct your query to your appointed Resident Liaison Officer, Carole Coleman by calling 07880 786 442.

As you will be aware, Equans has been appointed by Southern Housing to replace cladding and associated fire remediation works at Whytecliffe Road South.

Our progress so far:

• We have commenced and are continuing with the installation of the cladding, including gas isolations to all levels and elevations
• The brickworks side rise cavity fire barrier works, to all windows, doors and slab installations on all levels will be starting from the roof level 6th floor downwards
• The brickwork balconies and floor slabs on the rear elevation commenced on 13th August
• The under-croft area is to start from 15th August. We will be carrying out the first fix on the scaffold areas on either side of the entrance ramp

Next month's key steps:

• We will be continuing with the new cladding works, gas isolations and brickworks to all elevations
• We will be commencing with the installation of the aluminium decking on the balconies
• We will be painting the balcony handrails and railings

Resident Evening Meeting

We will be holding our next resident meeting via TEAMS on Thursday 5th September from 6pm. You are all invited and an email invitation will go out to you closer to the time - we look forward to seeing you.

This update has been extracted from the August Resident Newsletter which can be viewed in full by clicking here.

Thank you to everyone that attended our last resident meeting.

Please see below for a summary of the minutes captured at the meeting - to view a full copy of the meeting minutes, please click here.

Project update/summary:

We completed the fire remediation and water proofing works, as well as the fire barriers and insulation works which are 100% completed on all levels and all elevations.

We've completed 98% of the cladding, roof and balcony capping's and flashings on all areas.

We've commenced with the installation of the new side rise cavity barriers on all the brickwork areas, including the fire collars for the existing gas flues, as well as the kitchen and bathroom extract fans, including the installation of the new balcony fire rated decking on all brickwork areas, with external decorations to follow shortly.

We've carried out the abseiling works for the cladding, flashings and cappings on the roof level of the northeast elevation, with only brickwork fire collars to follow shortly.

We have completed the whole building in a new fire-retardant breather membrane which keeps the building 100% watertight behind the new cladding which we have commenced.

Our aim as always, is to keep your building fully fire rated, nice and cool in the summer with warmth in the winter as well as watertight at all times.

Last month's key steps:

• We commenced with the installation of the new cladding on the front and rear elevations
• Completed the Y boards and insulation works, including the EPDM water and fireproofing works
• We have also completed removing all the current external cladding system and installed a new fire-rated system to match the existing look of the block

Next month's key steps:

• We are commencing with installations of the new claddings in all elevations
• We are currently in the process of fire remediation works on all external gas flues, kitchen and bathroom extracts fans and flexy ducts
• We've completed the installation of all cavity and fire barriers as well as the duo slab insulation behind the new cladding
• Finally, we have now commenced with the installation of the new rain screen cladding, starting from the roof downwards

Questions:

Q: When will the external wall works finish?
A: Stage 4 design has been issued, we await design sign off with stage 4, which is imminent. We are currently working hard alongside the structural engineer, fire engineer and architect to ensure we get things right for you ensuring we leave you with a warm and secure home - please bear with us.

Q: How long will the works take?
A: At this stage, it is far too early to say the exact duration of time of projects such as this one, but our target date for completion is the 17th September 2024, we will let you know if this changes. We are currently finding some unforeseen items that we would never have known about prior to opening up the building. We will try to be as clear as we can once we know the full picture.

Q: When would the external works finish?
A: October 2024 for the cladding and brickwork hoping to finish by w/c 6th October 2024. If we can improve on that, we will. When we do the scaffold strike, we aim to complete works by the end of November. We are classing the bulk of the project to be completed by the end of November. There is a couple of weeks worth of works to the undercroft area and the brickwork areas as well.

Welcome to your resident's update from Equans. This is a great way for us to keep you up to date with all the work that has been going on so far and what we expect to achieve going forward.

If you have any queries about the works being undertaken by Equans, please direct your query to your appointed Resident Liaison Officer, Carole Coleman by calling 07880 786 442.

As you will be aware, Equans has been appointed by Southern Housing to replace cladding and associated fire remediation works at Whytecliffe Road South.

Our progress so far:

• We have commenced with installations of the new cladding on all elevations, including the abseiling to the northeast elevation
• We are currently in the process of fire remediation works on all external gas flues, kitchen and bathroom extract fans and flexy ducts
• We will continue with commencing the installation of the rain screen cladding

Next month's key steps:

• We are carrying on with the new cladding works to all elevations
• We will be commencing with installing insulation behind the brickwork
• We will commence with the installation of the aluminium decking on the balconies
• We will be painting the balcony handrails and railings

Resident Evening Meeting

We will be holding our next resident meeting via TEAMS on Thursday 22nd August from 6pm. You are all invited and an email invitation will go out to you closer to the time - we look forward to seeing you.

This update has been extracted from the July Resident Newsletter which can be viewed in full by clicking here.