Good Morning,

I would just like to thank the residents of Horsley for joining us at our coffee morning, it was lovely to see you and hope you enjoyed the cakes!!!

Don't forget if you want to know anything about the project please feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

Joan

Good Afternoon,

I have just dropped in an invitation to the residents hoping you can attend our coffee morning on Saturday.......here are the details, it will be lovely to see you there.

Location:      WI Hall, Horsley Village

Time:            11-1pm

Saturday:      23rd October.

Hope you can pop along and you can ask us questions you may have.

Joan

Good Afternoon,

I would like to take this opporunity to thank the Parish Council Committe in allowing me and Mike Foster (NWL Project Manager) attend their Parish Meeting last night. 

Just to let you know we will be in touch to invite you to a coffee morning in October to give you an update and progress on the programme of work at the Water Treatment Works. 

It will give me the chance to meet some of the residents and introduce Mott MacDonald Bentley as the new contractor in a less formal format. 

I will confirm the date/time in due course and if you can come along even just to have a cuppa and a cake it will be good to see you.

Thanks

Joan

Good Afternoon,

I just thought I'd show you a couple of snap shots taken by the team to demonstrate how "Table Mountain" (as we have nicknamed it) has started to deminish. Whilst we won't remove it entirely we have made progress in it's appearance.

A couple of weeks ago we were approached by a couple of residents who were at a loss as they needed a plinth built to sit a beautiful park bench to commemorate a neighbour. We obviously jumped at the chance for such a fantastic cause.

Have a look at the photos.

Don't forget to ask me any questions you may have and if you forget I thought I'd let you know Mike Foster (NWL Project Manager) and I will be attending the parish meeting on 20th September.

Good Afternoon

May I take this opportunity to introduce Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB)  we are a supply partner for Northumbrian Water and will be taking over the works here at Horsely Water Treatment Works from Interserve.

My name is Joan Tatters I am the Customer Liaison Officer for MMB along with Amanda Hunt from Northumbrian Water we will be conducting the engagement with our customers within this beautiful village of Horsley.  Our project team are now on site and I will be introducing some of the team over the next few weeks. Our work which is led by our Contract Manager, Andrew Shield and his team is to complete the up grading and replacing the current treatment works.  The team have informed me over the upcoming weeks, there will be the removal of an extensive amount of soil from site and this will take approximately 4-6weeks. Please be assured the soil is being environmentally transported and recycled at an alternative location and the drivers have been instructed to enter and exit the site via Water Lane only (NOT through the village). As the work progresses we will endeavour to keep you updated and I will be blogging on a regular basis.  If you have any concerns or queries, please contact us using the following options:

Send a message via the 'Contact Us' option on the portal

Call 03457 171100 and a member of the project team will call you back

Or contact Northumbrian Water via Facebook or Twitter

Hello everyone. In today's update, I want to concentrate on the works we are carrying out next to one of the water main in the south east quadrant of the Horsley site. We are carrying out piling operations before we start on the connection works.

We have designed and constructed a piling platform. This is to take the weight of the piling plant and equipment when we start constructing the piles. This platform will also take the pressures the piling plant and equipment will impose on the ground. The piling platform is constructed from well compacted granular material laid on top of a geogrid support. 

To construct the concrete pile, we will be cutting through clay, augering through the sandstone strata and drilling through boulders. The equipment we will be using is powered by compressed air. The plant to generate this pneumatic power has been set up on site next to the works area.

We carried out pre-start ground investigation surveys to determine the type of ground present at the piling location. Our team is prepared to auger and drill trhough the different types of ground that we expect to encounter. This photo shows the augers that are used to drill through cohesive material.

Our site teams are monitoring noise levels and vibration levels at the works area and at the site boundaries. There are no concerns regarding noise or vibration. Our site operations are progressing well. We have constructed several reinforced concrete piles and we expect to finish our piling operations in line with our programme.

Hello everyone. In this update, I want to share some details of recent mechanical installation works we have carried out at some of the new and existing buildings on site.

We tested the existing pipework in the main Northumbrian Water building before we connected new pipework into it. This work is complete. Our site teams have recently completed the installation of the dual containment pipework in this building.

Our site teams are replacing the sludge pumps and sludge pipework in the main Northumbrian Water building. This work is progressing well.

Our site team are connecting into the exiting sludge pipework at the sludge processing area in the north east quadrant of the site. This work is progressing well.

As part of the testing and commissioning process, we have introduced chemicals into the new tanks at the de-alk building located in the south west quadrant of the site.

Hello again. Our site teams have been working at a number of locations progressing the civils, mechanical, electrical and dosing works. In today's update, I want to share some details of the finishing works on site.

The filter tanks at the Rapid Gravity Filters building are complete. The structures are complete, the steelwork has been fitted and the beds are in place. Our commissioning teams have started the testing and commissioning works at these filters.

Our electricians are making good progress with the installation of internal and external lighting. This photograph shows the new lighting at the western boundary of Horsley water treatment works. 

We have installed a lot of specialist water treatment equipment on site. This photograph shows some of this specialist equipment that have been connected to the new treatment plant.

The below ground works are nearing completion and our site teams are progressing with the construction of the roads and hard landscaping. We have recently installed some of the road barriers that control traffic into the water treatment works. This photograph shows the sensor controlled barriers at the western entrance to the site.

Hello everyone. I today's update from the Hoesley Upgrade Project, I want to share the good progress we are making on the commissioning of the new plant and equipment.

Our managers have started training the Northumbrian Water Operation Teams on how to operate and maintain the new plant, equipment and processes. In this update, I will give you an insight into the type of work we are doing on site. Our commissioning teams are working at a number of locations and I will tell you about works at some of these locations. 

Our commissioning teams are working in the Actiflo building testing and commissioning the chemical dosing systems. We are making good progress.

Our teams are working in the new Rapid Gravity Filter building commissioning the backwash sequence. The aim of this is to maximise the efficiency of the backwash process.

We are working on the chlorinated and de-chlorinated booster sets. We are flushing and decontaminating the new apparatus before we start on the next phase of the commissioning works.

Our commissioning teams are also working in the newly constructed de-alk building. The commissioning works are progressing well. We are operating and maintaining the new plant and equipment before they become fully operational.

Hello. In this update, I want to share the good progress we have made at the Horsley site over the past couple of weeks. We have made good progress on a number of structures.

The installation of the control panels, emergency showers and the mechanical equipment at the chemical silos has progressed well. We have also installed the protective bollards in from of the chemical silos.

The installation of the power cables, chemical lines and specialist process equipment at the "head of the works" is progressing. The site teams are making good progress. 

We have started constructing some of the new raods inside the Northumbrian Water copmpund. This partially constructed road in locate to the south west on the new Rapid Gravity Structure. 

The construction of the new footpath and hard landscaping to the south of the chemical and actiflow buildings are progressing well. We have already started laying the hard landscaping. The site teams are making good progress on the civils. mechinal and electrical works.