Works update - February 2024

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:

• Completion of structural investigations to the facades of the building
• Ongoing investigations to the facade front and rear elevations to ascertain the integrity of the new cladding
• Also checking the integrity of cavity barriers around the windows and doors in all brickwork areas
• We have completed the Y board and insulation works as well as the EPDM water and fire-proofing works
• We are currently in the process of covering the whole building in a new breather membrane prior to new cladding and insulation works
• We have also removed all the current external wall cladding system and installed a new fire rated system to match the existing look of the block

Next month's key steps:

• We will commence the installation of new breather membrane, bracketry and cladding for the fire remediation works on all elevations
• We will also commence the abseiling works on the N/E elevation as well as all new cladding fire remediation works on all other elevations

This update has been extracted from the Resident Meeting Slides provided at the meeting held on 22nd February, please click here to view the slides in full. Information has also been taken from the February Resident Newsletter which can be viewed in full by clicking here.