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Barbican Repairs and Ongoing Work
Works to Barrel Roofs – commencing Monday 13 May on Thomas More House
Please be aware that our contractors MH Goldsmith will commence works on the barrel roofs on Thomas More House on Tuesday 13 May.
The works are to re-coat the Barrel Roofs and will consist of thoroughly cleaning the barrel, before making good any damage to the water proofing; and then applying 2 coats of the waterproof liquid plastic "triflex".
Working hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm with noisy work taking place between 10.00am and 4.00 pm. No contractors will be on the balconies or roof before 9.00am. Please note that the contractors will cover over the bathroom windows in the areas they are working in.
If you have any questions, please do contact Helen Davinson.
Reminder: Lift Floor Replacement, Defoe House
Monday 13 May to Thursday 16 May 2019, 9.30am - 5pm
Please be aware the lift floors in Staircase 1 and Staircases 6 to 12 of Defoe House will be replaced, week commencing Monday 13 May between 9.30am and 5pm.
The contractor will complete two staircases per day, with both lifts being back in service by 5pm.
During this period residents will be unable to use the lift. If required, the Car Park Attendant can store any bulky items until the lifts are back in service
Urgent Notice from Contractor: 21 Moorfields
Click here for updates from Sir Robert McAlpine the Principal Contractor of 21 Moorfields.
Unfortunately, it has come to our attention that works may continue past 6pm today (10/05/19). This is due to an over running of tower crane erection activities, and it is critical that these works are completed this evening. Works should be complete by no later than 7.30pm.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact us on the number below.
Contact Us For more information please contact our Community Manager, Laura Regan: laura.regan@srm.com or 24 hour hotline number: 0800 061 2131
Reminder: Review of VFM TV Service
Please be aware the lift floors in Staircase 1 and Staircases 6 to 12 of Defoe House will be replaced, week commencing Monday 13 May between 9.30am and 5pm.
The contractor will complete two staircases per day, with both lifts being back in service by 5pm.
During this period residents will be unable to use the lift. If required, the Car Park Attendant can store any bulky items until the lifts are back in service
Urgent Notice from Contractor: 21 Moorfields
Click here for updates from Sir Robert McAlpine the Principal Contractor of 21 Moorfields.
Unfortunately, it has come to our attention that works may continue past 6pm today (10/05/19). This is due to an over running of tower crane erection activities, and it is critical that these works are completed this evening. Works should be complete by no later than 7.30pm.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact us on the number below.
Contact Us For more information please contact our Community Manager, Laura Regan: laura.regan@srm.com or 24 hour hotline number: 0800 061 2131
Reminder: Review of VFM TV Service
Your Comments Required!
In a bid to improve the services provided to residents, we would appreciate your assistance in reviewing the TV Service currently provided by Vision Fibre Media (VFM).
Presently, VFM maintain the TV services across the estate with the following maintenance cover as part of the overall license agreement for TV and Broadband Services:
Monday – Friday 0800 – 1700
Next day response
No additional labour charges
Includes replacement parts
Shipping of equipment
If a whole system block is down, this would be attended within 4 Hours, if a single dwelling is down then the above would apply.
Please let us know if you have had any issues with the VFM TV service in the last 6 months, including the exact issue, how quickly it was resolved and how it was resolved.
Please email propertyservices@cityoflondon.gov.uk with your comments no later than 20 May.
Thank you for your cooperation and we will keep you informed with the outcome.
The Denizen / Bernard Morgan House
Click here for updates from The Denizen / Bernard Morgan House
Reminder: Barbican Estate Open Spaces
Please be aware that our colleagues in Open Spaces will be weed spraying on pathways and hard standing areas.
This will commence Monday 13 May and last 2-3 days, weather permitting.
Replanting and repotting plants on the Thomas More hanging gardens
The City Gardens Team re-planting and repotting plants on the Thomas More hanging gardens, adjacent to the school playing field. More than 300 plants will be used on this part of the garden.
The contractors are ensuring that all safety gear is in order before any works start.
Real World Reminders
Financial Fraud
Due to the increase of reported incidents in the holiday period, the Police would like to alert residents to fraudsters attempting to obtain details of bank and credit cards to steal money from accounts. Financial abuse is becoming more common but not because of scams, it is actually being carried out by families or friends of victims.
For more information please visit Action Fraud website.
City of London Police non-emergency numbers: 101 and 0207 601 2222 (24 hours).
Click here for who to contact if you think you have been a victim of a scam and click here for top tips
HMRC are also sending out a customer alerts. Please see here for details.
Key Permissions
Please ensure you keep your key permissions up to date at both the Estate Office and with your Porter or Concierge as appropriate. Keys will not be released from the Barbican Estate Office unless permission has been given by the resident and is recorded on our permissions log.
* Please also respond timely to requests for key access from the estate office in order for our staff and contractors to carry out work and/or investigations.
Please also ensure that keys left at reception are clearly labelled with flat numbers and blocks. The reception team would also appreciate it if residents giving key permissions, state the exact duration of the permission as well as whether the resident allows the key to be kept overnight. For example, if you had given your builder(s) key permission and the work is now complete, best practice would be to either initially state the duration or ask for them to be removed from your key permissions later.
Clarity helps with security.
In a bid to improve the services provided to residents, we would appreciate your assistance in reviewing the TV Service currently provided by Vision Fibre Media (VFM).
Presently, VFM maintain the TV services across the estate with the following maintenance cover as part of the overall license agreement for TV and Broadband Services:
Monday – Friday 0800 – 1700
Next day response
No additional labour charges
Includes replacement parts
Shipping of equipment
If a whole system block is down, this would be attended within 4 Hours, if a single dwelling is down then the above would apply.
Please let us know if you have had any issues with the VFM TV service in the last 6 months, including the exact issue, how quickly it was resolved and how it was resolved.
Please email propertyservices@cityoflondon.gov.uk with your comments no later than 20 May.
Thank you for your cooperation and we will keep you informed with the outcome.
The Denizen / Bernard Morgan House
Click here for updates from The Denizen / Bernard Morgan House
Reminder: Barbican Estate Open Spaces
Please be aware that our colleagues in Open Spaces will be weed spraying on pathways and hard standing areas.
This will commence Monday 13 May and last 2-3 days, weather permitting.
Replanting and repotting plants on the Thomas More hanging gardens
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The contractors are ensuring that all safety gear is in order before any works start.
Real World Reminders
Financial Fraud
Due to the increase of reported incidents in the holiday period, the Police would like to alert residents to fraudsters attempting to obtain details of bank and credit cards to steal money from accounts. Financial abuse is becoming more common but not because of scams, it is actually being carried out by families or friends of victims.
For more information please visit Action Fraud website.
City of London Police non-emergency numbers: 101 and 0207 601 2222 (24 hours).
Click here for who to contact if you think you have been a victim of a scam and click here for top tips
HMRC are also sending out a customer alerts. Please see here for details.
Key Permissions
Please ensure you keep your key permissions up to date at both the Estate Office and with your Porter or Concierge as appropriate. Keys will not be released from the Barbican Estate Office unless permission has been given by the resident and is recorded on our permissions log.
* Please also respond timely to requests for key access from the estate office in order for our staff and contractors to carry out work and/or investigations.
Please also ensure that keys left at reception are clearly labelled with flat numbers and blocks. The reception team would also appreciate it if residents giving key permissions, state the exact duration of the permission as well as whether the resident allows the key to be kept overnight. For example, if you had given your builder(s) key permission and the work is now complete, best practice would be to either initially state the duration or ask for them to be removed from your key permissions later.
Clarity helps with security.
Barbican Association
The Barbican at 50: What began, What is, What if…
A workshop to celebrate the Barbican Estate's 50th anniversary- and how it can celebrate another 50 years
Saturday 8 June 2- 5.30 pm
Frobisher Auditorium 1, Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Presented by the Barbican Association, in partnership with the Barbican Centre
Sign up for this event at The Barbican at 50
Please click here for the programme, chaired by Tom Dyckhoff, architecture and design historian
Barbican Wildlife Garden
Barbican Wildlife Garden News – "Wilderness Moments" in Abundance….
There seems to be a huge number of reports coming out at present about the "State of Nature" and its decline. It's easy to feel overwhelmed in the presence of such news and to only feel sadness as you contemplate any wildlife you do manage to find. Click here to read more.
Barbican Centre Updates
Sound Unbound 2019 – Lakeside Terrace performances
The Barbican at 50: What began, What is, What if…
A workshop to celebrate the Barbican Estate's 50th anniversary- and how it can celebrate another 50 years
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| Barbican @ 50 - looking good |
Saturday 8 June 2- 5.30 pm
Frobisher Auditorium 1, Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Presented by the Barbican Association, in partnership with the Barbican Centre
Sign up for this event at The Barbican at 50
Please click here for the programme, chaired by Tom Dyckhoff, architecture and design historian
Barbican Wildlife Garden
Barbican Wildlife Garden News – "Wilderness Moments" in Abundance….
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Barbican Centre Updates
Sound Unbound 2019 – Lakeside Terrace performances
Saturday 18–Sunday 19 May
Sound Unbound, the Barbican's free weekend-long celebration of classical music, returns this spring on Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 May. The festival features over 100 short performances in a relaxed festival atmosphere where informality is key. The festival this year will also explore unexpected spaces across Culture Mile, which stretches from Farringdon to Moorgate in the north-west of the Square Mile. The great history and variety of music will be mirrored in the architecture, as concerts take place in more than 20 unique venues, in and around the Barbican Centre.
Some of the performances will be taking place on the Lakeside Terrace so nearby blocks (Gilbert House and Defoe House) have received a notice explaining what to expect. We now have more details about the activity timings, including set-up and sound-checks, so you can view an updated version of the notice on our residents page at www.barbican.org.uk/residents (under 'Notices').
We hope you are able to enjoy the many activities taking place across the Barbican Centre, and you can find full programme details at www.barbican.org.uk/soundunbound
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to email residents@barbican.org.uk, or out of hours / on the weekend itself please call 020 7382 7308.
Interactive Steward
Culture Mile are currently looking to recruit up to 10 volunteers to help steward an interactive theatre performance happening in the City of London on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May.
Volunteers will help to assist with audience flow for the promenade performance, as well as helping actors and stage manager with props and costumes
Please click here for further details and requirements.
Transport Updates
Traffic Management Bulletin
9 May
Gresham Street eastbound is closed between St Martin's Le Grand and King Street until Sunday 14 July 2019 to facilitate utility works by Reach Active. The works are being completed in sections, but access will be maintained to individual premises.10 – 16 May
View our interactive map here.
Sound Unbound, the Barbican's free weekend-long celebration of classical music, returns this spring on Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 May. The festival features over 100 short performances in a relaxed festival atmosphere where informality is key. The festival this year will also explore unexpected spaces across Culture Mile, which stretches from Farringdon to Moorgate in the north-west of the Square Mile. The great history and variety of music will be mirrored in the architecture, as concerts take place in more than 20 unique venues, in and around the Barbican Centre.
Some of the performances will be taking place on the Lakeside Terrace so nearby blocks (Gilbert House and Defoe House) have received a notice explaining what to expect. We now have more details about the activity timings, including set-up and sound-checks, so you can view an updated version of the notice on our residents page at www.barbican.org.uk/residents (under 'Notices').
We hope you are able to enjoy the many activities taking place across the Barbican Centre, and you can find full programme details at www.barbican.org.uk/soundunbound
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to email residents@barbican.org.uk, or out of hours / on the weekend itself please call 020 7382 7308.
Interactive Steward
Culture Mile are currently looking to recruit up to 10 volunteers to help steward an interactive theatre performance happening in the City of London on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May.
Volunteers will help to assist with audience flow for the promenade performance, as well as helping actors and stage manager with props and costumes
Please click here for further details and requirements.
Transport Updates
Traffic Management Bulletin
9 May
Gresham Street eastbound is closed between St Martin's Le Grand and King Street until Sunday 14 July 2019 to facilitate utility works by Reach Active. The works are being completed in sections, but access will be maintained to individual premises.10 – 16 May
View our interactive map here.
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