Current Projects

Great Arthur House - Curtain Wall

The City Corporation is still trying to resolve the outstanding issues of balcony door handles and brush seals. So far, suggested solutions from Engie/Equans have not been acceptable to the City Corporation and John Roberson Architects. We will continue to pursue this matter and update residents as soon as we have any further news.

Window Replacement Programme (Including Wider Redecorations)

The renewal of windows and redecoration of internal and external common parts.

Crescent House Pilot Project

The scaffold has been erected to the front and rear of the property, allowing full access to the exterior of the building. This has enabled the design team and a number of other professionals to undertake the first phase of work in the pilot project. This initial phase of work has been entirely based on understanding and measuring the existing windows. The following investigative works have been undertaken:

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) have carried out a detailed photographic survey of the existing windows.

BRE (Building Research Establishment) have carried out their initial airtightness testing of the overall flat and the exiting window (including smoke investigation), thermographic survey of the windows and internal and external acoustic testing.

Build Check have carried out water tightness testing on the existing window frames.

This work will enable the design team to more fully understand the condition and performance of the existing windows and give a benchmark to measure the performance of the vacuum glazing, double glazing, and triple glazing.

The next phase of works will include removing the existing single glazing to measure and template for the vacuum glass and then to start the process of stripping the paint from the existing frames to establish the condition of the timber.

Crescent House Windows Inspection and Survey

The survey is an important part of ensuring that the project team has the most up to date condition of the windows in Crescent House and that we can identify as many repairs as practically possible.

City Corporation has commissioned Hallas & Co West to undertake internal surveys of the windows and, external surveys via abseil. Hallas & Co West started these surveys on the 29 May and aim to complete the surveys by the 21 July 2023. The external surveys started on 12 June and internal surveys from 3rd July. These surveys are vital in understanding the present condition of the windows.

Wider Estate

An accelerated programme has been in place to bring on the design work and investigation into the wider estate including Stanley Cohen, Maisonette blocks and Cullum Welch. Reports for these blocks are also available on the main website.

Specialist manufacturers and contractors have also been engaged with the remaining blocks. The next steps for the remaining blocks will be to start the structural surveys and roof inspections.

We will be advertising for a new Resident Liaison Group for the wider blocks over the next two months, please see posters circulated on noticeboards for more details or view details on the website.

Please visit the Golden Lane Windows project website for the latest news.

We will continue to add to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) document on our website as well as show notes taken from the Resident Liaison Group.

If you have any further queries or comments these can be directed through the Communications Consultant Thorncliffe ‘Your Shout’

Call us on 0800 955 1042.
Visit Golden Lane Windows.
Email us at Golden Lane Your Shout.
Freepost RTXU-JGSR-KHLE (Golden Lane), Your Shout, 28 China Works, SE1 7SJ.

Great Arthur House Retrofitted Water Suppression Sprinklers Installation

The retrofit sprinkler project aims to install fire supressing sprinklers, and heat activated fire alarms inside all flats within Great Arthur House to protect residents in the unlikely event of a fire.

Each flat's sprinkler heads an pipes will be independent from each other and having block-wide installation will enhance the overall building safety.

Adjustment to Great Arthur House programme has been scheduled to merge the objectives of this project with the planned fire door and compartmentation project to create one fire safety package project. We will keep you updated on further information.

Please contact PPCR. if you have any questions relating to the Sprinklers project.

Great Arthur House - Fire Safety

All residents of Great Arthur House will have received a letter with the latest updates on the fire safety works with the following information.

Important notice - Fire Safety Works - Fire Alarm - To maintain integrity of the fire alarm system and to prevent unnecessary activation:

Do NOT paint or cover the detector.
Do NOT tamper with the detector.

The detectors will require annual maintenance including inspections. Should there be a fault or if you have any queries or concerns, please contact the Estate Office on 020 7253 2556.

A reminder that smoking in communal areas is prohibited and that smoking within the flats, especially near the detector, may trigger the alarm.

A functional fire alarm has been installed and set as a phase evacuation, where the fire alarm activates from the two floors above and one below will evacuate the building, and the remaining floors will receive an intermittent beep to standby.

Should any resident have questions about the alarm system, including the evacuation process, please contact the Estate Office.

Great Arthur House - Fire Door and Compartmentation

Fire compartmentation works and installation of Fire Doors to meet statutory requirements as laid out in Part B of the Buildings Regulations 2010.

This project is currently on hold as the scope of this project will be driven to a large extent by the works being undertaken on the sprinkler project. We are continuing to engage across both projects as we proceed.

The brief/scope of the Fire Compartmentation project will be developed further as the Sprinkler project progresses, and we will continue to keep you updated. Please keep an eye on the notice boards and Housing Major Works website for further updates on the Fire Compartmentation project.

Heating - Crescent House and Cullum Welch House

The installation of communal heating and hot water to residential properties.

The installation of the communal heating and hot water to residential properties will not be progressing in the immediate future. Properties will remain on individual heating systems for now.

Lighting, Signage and Accessible Routes

Upgrade of the existing communal external lighting provision to modern, energy-efficient fittings.

This project has currently been paused but essential repairs should be reported via our repairs team.

COLPAI

ISG are currently on-site undertaking construction works to deliver 66 new social homes and a new primary school. As a local authority, we are committed to smart, safe, and motivated working. During these difficult times, we must ensure that we operate 'Business Continuity'. This means having a robust plan in place in order to keep moving forward, contribute to the economy, keep our workforce mobilised and ensure we are in the best possible position to deliver for the local community.

We would like to assure you that the team on-site is working tirelessly to ensure the site operations go above and beyond the Government guidelines. All our contractors are aware of the standards they must uphold, and we revisit these daily at on-site briefings.

We would encourage everyone to opt-in to the digital newsletter by visiting our project website or emailing the COLPAI Project Team to ensure we are able to stay in touch should physical distributions become unsustainable.

KEY CONTACTS For site emergencies, please contact:

John Macleod, T: 07816 337 792

Pui Wong, T: 07866 988 932

For general enquiries, please email the COLPAI Project Team or call 0800 772 0475

Please visit our COLPAI monitoring data to view monthly monitoring data results. The monitoring data is also available on the site noticeboard.

You can view the progress with images from taken from site.

Future Projects

Fire Door Replacement Programme (All blocks excluding Great Arthur House)

A programme of works to replace all front entrance doors within City of London Corporation Housing Managed residential blocks of flats, the replacement of any communal corridor fire doors and fire escape doors from flats with fire doors that give up to 60 minutes fire resistance (30 minutes as an absolute minimum where 60 minutes is not achievable).

Procurement for the Fire Door Replacement Project is underway at several other Estates. A measured survey for the doors to be replaced at Golden Lane Estate, will be scheduled in due course ahead of the formal design process required to satisfy heritage constraints.

Housing

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