BMH scaffolding starts. To take four weeks

The chair of Breton House met with with Gary Telford and Sam Varty from Greater London Demolition. Sam is acting as the liaison for GLD and can be contacted on 0208 805 7200 or 07572114633, as well as by email at sam.varty@greaterlondongroup.co.uk.

Both Sam and Gary have agreed to come to a residents meeting on 15 June at Golden Lane Community Centre (basement) at 18.30. They will outline the demolition programme, answer questions and hopefully allay any concerns.

*** This meeting was cancelled at the last minute.  Taylor Wimpey forbad GLD from meeting residents. ***

GLD’s programme is likely to take up to three months, with scaffolding taking four weeks and demolition six to eight weeks. In the meantime, we have been assured:

• That the scaffolders will not start work before 8.00.
• The scaffolders’ trucks will be unloaded from inside the site, with access from Viscount Street via Golden Lane and Brackley Street.
• There will be banksmen to control truck movements, especially reversing and returning to Golden Lane.
• There should be no Saturday working. The normal hours of work will be 8.00 till 5.00. However, if they get behind schedule they will work until 6.00, as permitted by City Corporation, rather than working on Saturday mornings.
• Drivers waiting to access the site etc have been instructed that truck engines must not be left idling.
• GLD have appointed a contractor to deal with the removal of the tiles, so these can be re-used in the development.
• If you have any questions, please come to the meeting and ask either Sam or Gary, or both of them.