From: City Building Glasgow LLP, Projects Division, 350 Darnick Street, Springburn, G21 4BA
Date: 15/02/10

Dear Residents,
Work on site is progressing as planned with no major deviation from the revised programme of works, other than the delays we encountered during January due to the extremely cold weather. The work undertaken over the past weeks has been fairly repetitive and most of it has been undertaken on the underside of the capping slab. There is an extremely intricate network of supports to hold up the timber formwork that the concrete gets poured into. We are pouring the remainder of the capping slab concrete even as I write this update – 180 cubic metres of concrete will be poured today! We have also been concentrating on completing the foundations and back-filling around the foundation concrete on the classroom block, in preparation for the steelwork erection. All of this work takes place below ground level and therefore it’s hard to see progress.

Our planned start for the errection of the structural steelwork will be week commencing 22nd February for the classroom block and 1st March for the Community block, and it’s at that point that you will be able to see major leaps forward in terms of progress on site. One area where we would be grateful of your co-operation will be during the delivery of the structural steelwork. Due to the dimensions of the steel, the deliveries will be carried out using articulated lorries and 40ft trailers. As access to the site entrance is somewhat restricted, we would greatly appreciate your patience in allowing our lorries to access and egress from site. Once we have confirmed the actual delivery dates, we will contact you again and make you aware of these dates.

Whilst the errection of the structural steelwork is ongoing, we will be working on other parts of the site, bringing the surfaces up to formation levels, importing crushed stone, forming the various site levels and progressing drainage works.

Future Site Activity

The following is a broadbrush and basic summary of site activity over the next 4 weeks:

Week Commencing 15th February – Pouring of concrete capping slab, de-mobilisation of formwork. Commencement of foundations for ground beams at the community block. Drainage works to both buildings, preparation for steelwork.

Week Commencing 22nd February – As per previous week and also commencement of structural steel work to classroom block

Week Commencing 1st March – As per Week Commencing 22nd Feb (commencement of steelwork to community block

Week Commencing 8th March – As per previous week

Project Team

The project is still in its early stages and therefore the project team remains as per our previous newsletter:

Construction Manager: David McEwan (david.mcewan@citybuildingglasgow.co.uk)
Project Manager: Alan Mason (alan.mason@citybuildingglasgow.co.uk)

All of the site telecommunications are now up and running and we can now inform you of the site telephone numbers:

Fax Line: 0141 287 3447 Main Office Line: 0141 287 3446

The project team would like to express its thanks to the local residents for their patience and co-operation thus far and would like to remind you that if you wish to discuss any matter relating to the project then please do not hesitate to do so, the project team will be happy to provide any further information or assist with any other questions you have regarding the project. Our next newsletter will be issued in early March.

Kind Regards,
Hillhead Primary School Project Team