Paul's Posts from Esh

Please find below the first of the 2 weekly updates for the Feethams Development:-

·         We have start on site (W/C 26^th August 2013) with the first week involving setting up the site compound and installing the security fencing around the site including along Polam Lane and starting the vegetation strip across the site.

·         The vegetation over half  the development has been striped and currently recycled granular materials are being imported (from a supplier with Darlington - Stan Robinson Ltd) to site. This is  to raise & level off the existing ground ready for the housing construction phase. Due to the large quantity of granular material required the wagons will be leading the material in to site until the end of next week.

·         The old concrete & timber benches along the north side of the cricket pitch are being removed at a request by the cricket club with the timber being recycled by the club for log burners.

·         Trial holes alone the side of the new access road (similar route to the existing) have been dug to locate any existing service that may have supplied the football ground and prove if the are live or abandoned prior to starting the new road construction.

·         The old concrete & timber benches & paving flags along the river side of the cricket pitch are being removed this week, with the timber being recycled by the cricket club and any concrete waste removed from site and reused as recycled hard core

·         The next 2 weeks the following should be starting:-

·         Next week the demolition contractor will be attending site to start preparing the area for removal of the stand (Tin Shed) at the end of the cricket season (Week Ending 22^nd September 2013).

·         Construction of new access road will begin (area under the old timber benches along the river side of the cricket pitch) which will involve reducing the existing ground level to the required formation before importing granular fill to stone up the road.

·         Following the end of the cricket season the demolition works will commence in full which will see the football stand, the cricket score board & the old turnstiles removed.

Regards

Paul Nicholson

Senior Site Engineer

Lumsden & Carroll Civil Engineering

Esh House, Bowburn North Industrial Estate, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5PF

T: (0191) 3774500 M: 07971 981268 F: (0191) 3774501