Works update - December 2023

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, Sanusi Conteh by calling 07855 967 608.

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

Our progress so far:

We have now completed all the removal of all existing cladding and other combustible materials, and have now completed the replacement of all the old OSB boards, with the new 12mm "Y Board" and rockwool insulation in all areas and elevations. This includes the application and installation of all the waterproof EPDM membrane and fire mastic works, as well as all the boiler and flue isolations that we had to carry out, whilst carrying out all these fire remediation works.

The only areas we haven't been able to complete to date is the void areas and redundant empty plots, as well as all the aborted appointments by the residents themselves, that Southern Housing have now been handed over to and are now dealing with all these ongoing issues themselves.

Santa's Grotto: Our festive Santa's Grotto was a major success on the 22nd December, on our last day on site before the Christmas shutdown, with great attendance and turn out of over 30 children and parents from both the Whytecliffe Road and Cygnus Court schemes coming to visit Father Christmas (Site Manager, John Loftus) for their Christmas presents.