March 2011 work progressess...

New Art Block

I can't believe a month has gone by already!
Last month, what with the construction of the theatre happening so quickly, made this last months progress appear to be at a snail's pace but, rest assured, work is going on really well. The weather has been somewhat kinder and the cold that stopped the concreting has abated and work has moved forward.

A Carillion spokesman kindly enlightened me as to what has been happening...

Old Coal Hole

"The main steel frame and floor planks are now complete. The lecture theatre steel has been built.  Structural topping has been laid to the majority of the floor planks. Brickwork is under way to the ground floor areas, and SFS (structural framing system) has been installed to the higher floors. The ground floor slab has been cast to the science block, and the art classrooms.
 Installation of windows is about to commence along with containment for cables etc.
 The electricity cables have been lowered to the new entrances in Regis Road.
 On Tettenhall (The New Special School) the foundations have been cast to 50% of the area.  Main drainage has commenced from the rear of phase 2 to the Tettenhall Side of the Denise Lewis Gym.
 The re-grading of the football pitches has been carried out using the excavated material from the main building. The wet weather has stopped the installation of the land drainage to the pitches though and is waiting on dryer weather...."

Last saw light of day in 1955

So... as you can see it has been all go!

My thanks to Carillion for the update and allowing me to photograph the site from afar! Sadly, the downside of the progress is that there are now less and less vantage points to take good photographs!

Until next month....
Moriarty...
P.s. Heres a timelapse video of the temporary classrooms being installed ...