Hi Everyone

I have been out and about this afternoon trying to inform those affected by our next development. On Monday 29 January 2018 a second team start working in Lumsdens Square, working towards Wellfield Road. A copy of the letter distributed, which shows a map of the area concerned can be found here.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and rest assured we will get through the work as quickly as we can.

Tony

Happy New Year everyone,

As you may of noticed our site team have returned to site this week.  We will be providing an update in the next week with our planned works over the next few weeks.

See you all soon

Christine

Good morning,

I wanted to finish the year on a happy cheerful note.

This week I visited our Junior Health and Safety champions, Caitlin and Joseph.  They were very excited for Christmas and happy to see our fencing and road closure removed for the festive period.   Whilst I was there, I was given a story which they had written for me about our Health and Safety mascot, Dudley.  With it being Christmas I thought it would be lovely to share the story with you all.

Thank you Caitlin and Joseph for being fabulous, I hope Santa is very kind to you this year.

We also wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year.  We hope you enjoyed our Christmas video last week.

If there are any issues over the festive period please contact 03457 171100, this is a 24 hour number.  During working hours (except weekends and bankholidays) I will be available to assist with any queries.

See you all in 2018.

Christine

Here is the story!!! Please enjoy

Christine

Dudley and the problem with the pipes

Dudley (an elephant) was a very busy worker.  But today he had a day off.  Read on and see the disastrous adventure that awaits....

It was a peaceful day when Dudley just sat down at his desk in his study.  Suddenly, a big yellow tractor drove past his clear window.  But Dudley carried on with the paper work.  Dudley couldn't bear it.  He had to do it.  He had to go outside and tell his friends about the loud racket they were making.  But as he opened the door a big long crack greeted him at his doorstep. 

"Goodness me!!" Dudley exclaimed. 

Just then the workmen came to see what the fuss was about.  " Don't worry, we'll fix that in a jiffy!" one of the workmen replied.

Dudley sighed and strode into the kitchen to make himself a nice warm cup of tea and some biscuits.  He was just finishing his last biscuit when he heard a loud creaking sound " I wonder what that could be now?" he complained.

He looked out of the clear window and saw a crane lifting some big, long, grey pipes.  He watched as pipes were lifted high into the air and then lowered in front of his house.  All of a sudden the chain snapped and Dudley took a big gulp as the pipes rolled toward his house.

The workmen panicked with fear, as the pipes kept on rolling. When one of the workmen shouted to the top of their lungs "DANGER, STOP!!!"

The workmen waved their arms frantically as Dudley was frozen into his spot like a statue.  He watched helplessly as the pipe flattened his fence and kept going on.  As Dudley took his first step, he let out a loud whimper as the pipe squished his prized flowers.

The pipe kept on rolling as another one started following it.  "QUICK, GET THE DUMPER TRUCK!!" one of the frantic workman squealed.  The dumper truck was parked right in front of Dudley's house (fixing the crack) as the pipe came to a halt in front of his door.  Dudley wiped his forehead with his palm and said 'PHEW!"

Everybody leaped with joy as Dudley came out of his front door to see the crack fixed. "What's going to happen with my fence and garden??" Dudley asked in frustration.

"Don't worry about it, we'll sort it out soon" said the foreman.

"It'll be all under control and trust me it will be as good as new."

Dudley thought to himself, "I'm never going to get my paperwork done in time, I need another cup of tea!"

Thankfully by bedtime, Dudley had managed to finish his paperwork.  As he closed he curtains, he stared down at his lovely new fence.

THE END

By Caitlin E. Croft Baker

Weather update:

Hi Everyone

Just a quick note to state the obvious! Due to the inclement weather at the start of the week, work has been slow so far, we're hoping that the conditions improve so we can get back on track.

Take care

Tony

hi,

As Christine mentioned in her last update we were encountering difficult ground conditions as we attempted to tunnel through the ground for the new sewers. we have now managed to complete this and will be building the manholes in the road next week,once these are built we will place temporary tarmac in the road and re open it for over the christmas period. The drainage works at the rear of stephens road are continuing but again this has been very difficult with the weather and ground conditions. I will give a further update next week.

steve

Hi

I thought it would be a good idea to give our customers a quick insight to what our team have come up against.

As you will all be aware the team on site have been attempting to tunnel through the ground with the new sewers.  This has been a long and difficult journey which is continuing.  We have hit challenging ground, with clay, sand and rocks.  I thought you may be interested in seeing the size of the rocks we have encountered, so I have attached a photo. 

We are still on track to open the road temporally over the Christmas Period. 

Keep watching our portal for updates.

Christine

Good Morning

We are still working very hard to complete the connection works into the street, the trenchless section has encountered numerous issues that we hope to overcome in the next few days.When we have installed the pipework we plan to build new manholes in the road before Christmas so the road can be reopened temporally during the Christmas break.

Elsewhere on the site the recent rain has hindered our progress. We hope to install the field drainage by the end of he week and start to reinstate the field. When this is complete we will re open the cycle lane.

In recent weeks we also helped out the local school by removing a pond that had fallen into disrepair. The school have been really pleased with the result, so well done to those involved.

Many thanks

David

Hi Everyone

I have been on my travels again today, visiting the site at Murton to discuss the progress there with Steve and Dave, Conditions aren't great, (in fact I think I need to clean my boots!) but the lads are doing their best to get the job done. Steve will be providing an update himself, but I thought I would share a few photos I took while being shown around the site.

Take Care

Tony

Good afternoon,

I thought it would be good to introduce another member of my team who people don't get to see, but we all speak to her regularly.  If you are anything like me, it is always great to put a face to a name.

This lovely lady is Ann Scott.  Ann sits in our office answering any customer enquiries that may come into the business and supports the team on a daily basis.

See you all soon

Christine

Hi Everyone

I was on my travels today and called in to Murton to see Steve and the lads and was shown round the site to see how we're getting on, I even got my boots dirty! As Dave said yesterday, we're working very hard to get the pipes through to Stephens Road.

I took a couple of photos from site

Tony