Good afternoon everyone,

As our works continue their is no news to update.  And as the old saying goes, no news is good news.

The team have continued with the drainage and manhole construction, installed a temporary footpath and saw cut the road ready for the planned excavation. 

Although the other strange news we have to report is... last night one of our traffic lights were stolen!  

Very strange.

Have a lovely weekend.

Christine

Good afternoon,

This week the crew have continued to lay the drainage from manhole 1 to 2.  A scan has been completed in the existing shaft to check the concrete for reinforcement. The team have started the service location trial holes on Kilburn Drive and further trial holes are due to start next week near to Belford Street.

Next week our work starts to construct the manhole on Kilburn Drive, and 2 ways lights will be in place.

Have a nice weekend.

Christine

Good afternoon,

This week the site team have continued to lay the drainage and removed approximately 200 tonnes of surplus excavated material.

Next week the team will continue with this work. The team will also be digging trial holes on the grass verge near to Belford street to locate services.  

Have a lovely weekend.

Christine

Good afternoon,

Just a quick update from site.  Nothing exciting to report as the site team continue to lay the drainage.

If anyone would like to discuss any aspect of the scheme please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Have a lovely weekend.

Christine

Good morning,

Steve has kindly provided us with any update from site.

This week they have:

• Off loaded deliveries of concrete pipes and place to storage
• Removal of 14 tonne cover slab to the shaft
• Break up coverslab for recycling
• Commence excavation for first manhole installation and install ground support

Next week:

• They will complete the installation of the first manhole
• Then commence installation of concrete drainage

Have a lovely weekend.

Christine

Good morning, 

I thought this would be the ideal opportunity to introduce myself and to provide the latest update regarding the progress of our works.

My name is Becky Gartland and I am the Customer Liaison Officer for Esh-Stantec. I carried out site visits prior to us starting work and spoke to a number of residents during this time so some of you may have already met me. If you have any queries at any stage throughout our works please feel free to contact me to discuss :)

Work that was carried out last week on site:

• Structural survey of precast concrete cover slab and surround.
• Breaking out of surround to the cover slab.
• Coring of cover slab to allow for lifting points.
• Deliveries of concrete pipes and MH chamber rings.

Works taking place this week.

• Remove cover slab.
• Commence excavation for installation of 1st Manhole 5m deep, install earthworks support, commence construction of MH chamber.

Have a lovely week!

Thanks 

Becky 

Good afternoon,

Just to give you an update of our works on site.

The site team have carried out trial holes last week to locate the services. The removal of the fence continued, the existing chamber has veen uncovered and we took delivery of stone.

The removal of fencing will continue in the upcoming week. The team will also be reducing the ground around the existing shaft and they will start to remove the concrete cover that covers the shaft.

Have a lovely weekend.

Christine

Good morning, 

As our team continue on site, I thought it would be nice to introduce our Esh Stantec, Project Manager, Stephen Robinson.

You will see him around site, and he is always happy to answer any questions when asked.

We will aim to update you on our progress later this week.

Christine

Good afternoon,

As we said in our last post, we arrived last week on site.  Our site team have been busy setting up our compound, which includes cabins, fencing and CCTV.  In the area of the proposed pipe route, the vegetation has been stripped and the ground prepared for our work.

Over the upcoming weeks we will keep you updated via this portal of our progress.

Please contact us direct if you would like to discuss any aspect of our works or have any questions.

Christine

Good morning,

As you will be aware our site team are due to start works in your area on Monday 13 September 2021, to set up the compound so we thought it would be great to introduce our project team.

Michelle Sell is the Project Manager from Northumbrian Water overseeing the scheme. Now let me introduce our Esh Stantec team, we are the contract partners who will be carrying out the works.

My name is Christine Taylor, the Customer Service Manager working for Esh Stantec, on behalf of Northumbrian Water.  Becky Gartland is our Customer Liaison Officer, who I work closely with to ensure we keep our customer informed throughout the works.  Becky will actually be on site later today, to introduce herself and assist with any questions you may have.   

Mark Nicholson, is the Contracts Manager for the scheme working for Esh Stantec. Mark will oversee the progress of works on site, working closely with the Project Manager, who we will introduce at a later date..  

Me and Becky, will monitor the portal for any comments or questions, but please feel free to jump on and ask us anything.  We will aim to respond within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Speak soon.

Christine and Becky