We are finished! The new pumping station has been installed and is working well so we are leaving lovely Seahouses harbour. Thank you everyone for being so welcoming and cooperative during the works. The input and feedback we have received from the community has been invaluable, in particular; the timing of work around busy periods at the harbour, changing site security arrangments to be less obtrusive and the size and build of the kiosk so it would not impact on access to the boat stores. For comparison I have included before and after photos of the kiosk. Thank you, Brian

Good morning all, we are back on site and about to start work again. We will be here for the next 6 weeks or so installing the new kiosk and finishing off the job, we shouldnt cause much disruption at all. Having listened to local people on our last visit we have had a redesign of the kiosk done, making it narrower and taller to reduce the impact it has and allowing full access to the harbour stores, we have also had the security verbal warning turned off at site so people walking by dont get shouted by the automated voice! we werent aware that was a built in feature of the security systems so sorry if that caused any problems. I will be visiting site next week and talking to people who may be effected by works, in the meantime feel free to speak to our site staff who are friendly and only too happy to chat or send us a comment on here. Thanks for bearing with us, Brian

Hello everyone

We are packing up the site tomorrow (Wednesday) and leaving the harbour until the new kiosk is ready and we can return to finish the project in the New Year. This will probably be early February, I will keep you all updated on this. We are aware that the automated voice on the site security system has caused some concern with people feeling it is a bit over the top. Although security is important for us we will be working with our security provider to adjust it when we return in the New Year so it doesnt cause annoyance. Thank you to the residents who brought this to our attention. Thank you also for your patience and support over this stage of the project. We look forward to seeing you next year and would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 

Interserve Construction and Northumbrian Water team

Hello everyone

The work is progressing well however the kiosk (pictured below) is showing its age, we did think we could refurbish it and carry on but it is not fit for purpose and needs completely replacing. We are going to have to get another one made and this will affect our schedule, in order to minimize disruption we are going to pack up site next week and stay off over Christmas. We will return in the new year to complete the work. We are sorry that this extends our schedule but it needs doing right. I will be on site next week and will be able to update you on when we are doing the next part of the work. Hope you all have a good weekend, try and stay out of the cold!

all the best, Brian

Paul Kell is our foreman on the Seahouses Harbour project. A very experienced foreman he will ensure the smooth running of the site and make sure impact to other harbour users and residents is kept to a minimum. Paul will be on site throughout the project and is always happy to help with enquiries and have a chat.

Hello there

We were up in Seahouses this morning making last preparations on site and making sure everyone is happy with our plans. Hopefully residents should have received their letters by now

giving details of the works. We will be arriving on site at the begining of next week and will be with you to Christmas. I will be at site whenever possible so please feel free to contact myself

or any of our staff at the site if you have any questions or points to raise.

Brian

Meet the team

Matt Brannan is our project manager for the work at Seahouses. Matts priority is to do a first class job with minimal inconvenience to the harbour users and local residents, he is always happy to discuss issues and is very approachable. Matt will regularly be at site, as with Adam please feel free to speak to him about anything.

Meet the team

Adam Hewitt is our site agent at Seahouses and will be on the harbour throughout the construction work. Adam is very experienced in construction and waste water projects and will ensure everything runs properly with consideration to harbour users and residents. He is always happy to talk to people at site. Feel free to speak to him about any questions you may have or just a friendly chat.

Meat the team

Hello everyone

My name is Brian Hall, I am the Interserve Community Liaison Offficer and I will oversee the community engagement at Harbour Road. I will try to ensure a high level of customer service and community engagement.  I will be visiting the site on a regular basis, please feel free to stop me for a chat or just simply to feedback on the work we are doing. 

Brian