Highwalk lighting maintenance

From the BEO:
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Reporting Podium Lights on the Estate

As some of you may be aware all Podium light issues are the responsibility of our colleagues in the Highways Department of the Built Environment.

In order to improve upon the present working methods, a new dedicated email address has been created to report these lighting issues on the Barbican Estate.

May we ask residents to please help us with reporting and use the following email address dbebarbicanlighting@cityoflondon.gov.uk for this purpose and contact the team directly, if any light concerns are seen on the Podium.

Please can we ask that you also copy in your House Officer, so that they may track and follow up on the repairs on your behalf. 

This inbox will be monitored on a daily basis via the electrical group which in turn will allow them to address problems as soon as possible, whilst also providing direct feedback. 

We hope this newer way of working will allow us to manage things a bit more proactively.

Pink Cards, no more

From the BEO:
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Reminder: Pink Card System

Please ensure your local car park box or lobby porter has your contact details so they can contact you to collect a perishable item or an uncollected parcel.

This is because the cleaning team are no longer delivering the pink slips to notify you of parcels. The future of this system is on the agenda for the next Service Level Agreement Working Party meeting later this month.

We will keep you updated of the outcome.

BA AGM on Zoom - 4th Nov

From the BA

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Reminder: Notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Barbican Associaion

Wednesday 4 November


Please click here (or see text below) to find the notice of the 2020 AGM - on 4 November at 7pm, on Zoom

Jane Smith
Chair, Barbican Association
chairBA@btinternet.com

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Notice of BA AGM 4 November 2020 

Dear Barbican Association member Please find this Notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Barbican Association Date: 4 November 2020 Time: 7pm Venue: Zoom call 

The invitation to the meeting on Zoom will be sent nearer the time of the meeting to members of the BA on the email we have for you. 

If you are aware of other members who do not receive this email please ask them to contact the membership secretary Jim Davies 101 Mountjoy House membership@barbicanassociation.co.uk and provide a contact email.  Applications to join should also be sent to membership@barbicanassociation.co.uk 

If you are aware of members who do not have access to a device (computer, tablet or smartphone) and would like to attend the AGM please contact the membership secretary to discuss options. 

Agenda 

• Update on the BA’s work during the year 
• Questions from Members 
• Treasurer’s report 
• Election of: Treasurer, 9 General Council members, honorary auditor 
• Motions to amend the constitution 
• Any other business 

Please send details of any issues you would like discussed at the AGM to Jane Smith by 28 October (chairBA@btinternet.com). 

The main decision-making body of the Association is the BA General Council, which consists of nine members and the honorary treasurer, elected at the AGM, along with representatives of affiliated house groups.  At the AGM existing council members stand down, and if there are more than nine candidates for election, a ballot is held at the meeting and the results declared. Both the honorary treasurer and auditor are elected at the AGM. Other officers are appointed by the members of the general council at its first meeting following the AGM. 

Nominations for election to one of the 9 elected positions on the BA General Council should be sent to the honorary secretary Christopher Makin, 21 Speed House (chairspeedhouse@outlook.com), no later than 2 November. The nomination must contain all the following information: -Name and Barbican address, email address and phone number of the candidate and a declaration that they are a member of the BA, signed -Name and Barbican address, and email address of a proposer and seconder and a declaration that they are members of the BA, signed Emailed nominations without signatures will be accepted but they must be sent by the candidate and copied to the proposer and seconder. Notification of representatives of affiliated house groups should reach the honorary secretary by 2 November. 

Underfloor Heating - More heat now, less heat in Jan

From the BEO:
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Updates: Background Underfloor Heating 2020 Survey

Following the recent residents’ survey we have now begun the implementation of the seasonal load shifting trial. We’re aiming to have around 20 more hours heating over the month of October, compensated by 20 hours less heating in January. We’re keen that, as near as possible, this trial will be cost neutral. Then in February we’ll have another 20 hours less heating compensated by 20 hours more in April.

We will start this for October, by telling the temperature sensor that determines when the heating comes on, that it is 1 degree colder than the real temperature. We have modelled this shift on last season’s heating data.

Clearly this is not an exact science as the external temperature profile varies from year to year, but by monitoring the heat load each day we can make sure that we don’t deliver more than 20 hours extra in October. In January we will tell the sensor that it is warmer than the real temperature. Again we will be carefully monitoring the daily heat load to keep within our 20 hours. This should ensure that there is no additional cost to residents, on which the Barbican Association Meeting was agreed.

This is one component of the Underfloor Heating Working Party’s attempts to make the heating system match better the needs of residents.

I understand that these changes cause concern for some residents and the Working Party will be looking at those concerns. Please note that it is a one year carefully monitored trial. We welcome your feedback and comments and in particular any suggestions to improve the heating system.

You can contact me via email on mary.durcan@cityoflondon.gov.uk I look forward to hearing from you.

Mary Durcan
(Chair of the Underfloor Heating Working Party)
Common Councillor
Cripplegate Ward
City of London Corporation

Denizen Crane Removal - Next Mon & Tue (28th & 29th Sept)

From Taylor Wimpey

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Dear Neighbour,

Notice of Works-Tower Crane Dismantle- The Denizen, 43 Golden Lane, EC1Y0RS

The dismantle of the tower crane has been rescheduled to take place on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September.

The method of dismantle has changed and will now only use the existing road closure on Brackley Street. The works will not obstruct traffic on Golden Lane, with both lanes remaining open.

Due to the oversized dimensions of the mobile crane, it will enter Brackley Street before 7am on Monday morning, however works to set up the crane will not start until 8am. The working hours for the crane dismantle will be as the normal site working hours, 8am to 6pm.

A full pedestrian management system will be set in place where all stakeholders/residents will have full access to their properties.

We wish to apologise for the inconvenience & we will make every effort to minimise disruption during this time.

If you have any queries, please contact Site Manager Gary Cullen on 07767161006 (gary.cullen@mcaleer-rushe.co.uk), or Project Manager Eoin Gormley on 07843955249 (eoin.gormley@mcaleer&rushe.co.uk)

Yours sincerely,
Eoin Gormley
On behalf of McAleer and Rushe Contracts UK Ltd

Podium Antics - who to call

From the chair of the Ben Jonson House Group:

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Activities on the Podium

This notice is to provide you with the appropriate contacts if you notice activities which should not be taking place on the podium.

Barry Ashton (in charge of Security for the BEO)
Email: Barry.Ashton@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Telephone 0207 029 3920

Please give him details of your observation.

If you consider an urgent response is required, the Barbican Arts Centre have provided a 24/7 number through which residents may alert their security staff.

Telephone 0207 382 7308

The Ben Jonson House Group is aware of concern among residents concerning some of the activities taking place on the Podium. You probably know that skateboarding and cycling are actually prohibited and you may feel that the presence of groups practising free-running can be alarming.

If we are to address this matter, it is important to collect evidence for the authorities to justify some form of preventative action. Although plans are being developed for a simple method of reporting incidents, until they are in place we are recommended to use the contacts above.

I hope you will find this information helpful.

Chair, Ben Jonson House Group

Window Cleaning - from 21st Sept

From the BEO:

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Window Cleaning by Abseil

The window cleaning abseil on Ben Jonson House, John Trundle Court, Bunyan Court, Bryer Court, Frobisher and Breton House, has been delayed.

This will now start on 21 September. Thank you for your patience.