Construction Newsletter Issue 19 - Spring
Looking Beyond
with our apprentices
Apprentices Breakfast Event
Fire it Up: National Apprenticeship Week With 45 apprentices currently on site and having achieved over 95% of our apprenticeship and local employment targets, we are incredibly proud to have provided 125 apprenticeship opportunities (and counting) at Wembley Park since our Skills Programme officially launched in 2017. We recently celebrated National Apprenticeship Week by hosting a networking event at Wembley Park’s much loved community centre, The Yellow, for apprentices to celebrate their successes and contributions to the transformation of the area. Matt Voyce, Quintain's Executive Director of Construction shared the long term vision for Wembley Park in order to provide apprentices with a further understanding of the role they play in making the grand plan come to life. Following praise and congratulations from Quintain's Chief Executive Officer, James Saunders, the apprentices were able to network with each other and with senior staff in the Design Team, in a professional but relaxed atmosphere.
The Mayor of Brent made a surprise appearance and thanked Quintain and Wembley Park for the effort made to recruit Brent residents into construction roles. He loved meeting the apprentices and giving them wise words of encouragement on how to make the most of their various career opportunities.
Enticing breakfast by The Clink Events
Breakfast was provided by The Clink Events, a social enterprise providing bespoke catering beyond the walls of prison and providing prisoners training and the opportunity to gain experience in event catering— their training goes towards gaining their Level 1 and 2 NVQs in Professional Cookery. To find out how you can be an apprentice or get a local construction job at Wembley Park, visit:
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Networking at the Apprentices Breakfast
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Tuesday, 10th March saw Brent’s International Women’s Day take place at
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the Grand Hall, Brent Civic Centre. The event was a collaboration between Brent Council and Quintain and supported by Wates, McLaren and Sisk, to celebrate women in the world of work, honing in on the theme of ‘each for equal’. The event included a range of inspirational keynote speakers and a panel discussion with local women with varying professional backgrounds discussing their experiences in the professional environment. The event saw the launch of the Professional Women's Network, which looks to provide a forum for women working in various industries, such as retail, finance, construction and so much more. If you are interested in finding out more about the network, email:
skills@wembleypark.com Donations for charities were collected during the day, for these fantastic organisations: Bloody Good Period collect unopened boxes of pads and pantyliners and distribute them to women who can’t afford them, such as refugees and asylum seekers. Dress for Success collect high-quality, gently-used workwear, including shoes, accessories and unused, sealed cosmetics for clients to use in their upcoming job interviews or work to help give women a new start. Suited and Booted collect suitable interview clothing to support vulnerable, unemployed and low-income men into employment.
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Progress & planned works Pink Parking, Wembley Park's newest parking facility and Europe's first multi-storey car park was completed late last year and welcomed its first coaches in March for the Carabao Cup Final. At full capacity, the parking complex will accommodate up to 16,500 visitors, representing a major investment in infrastructure and innovative car parking solutions for Wembley Stadium and the SSE Arena, Wembley, as well as the surrounding 85-acre development taking place at Wembley Park. It has recently been shortlisted for the following awards: —— Parking Partnerships Award —— Best New Car Park —— Special Projects Awards for HUBER's engineering —— Special Projects Awards for Public Art and Wayfinding Graphics —— RICS Social Impact Award, Commercial
Pink Car Park was completed November at a ceremony which saw a fleet of classic red Routemaster buses display exhibitions showing how the car park was designed and built.
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Olympic Way / Steps
Contractor: Volker Fitzpatrick CCS Score: Not yet inspected Regeneration of Olympic Way and the construction of the Olympic Steps. Progress to date includes: • All 12 of the new light columns and banners installed • Completion of new tree pits and attenuation drainage • Completion of the Wembley Park Splay to Fulton Road (Fulton Road crossing completed) • Completion of Zones A, B and Bobby Moore Bridge Key works taking place this quarter: • Works are continuing on the Olympic Steps with all underground services, piling and substructure completed in time for Euro 2020 • New digital wayfinding totem has also been installed and operational by March 2020
W06 (Hive/Beton)
Contractor: McLaren Construction CCS Score: 45/50 The Hive Wembley is a 115,000 sq ft office block that has been completed. The second building is delivering 150 apartments with internal and external amenity spaces. Progress to date includes: • Scaffold strike • Completion of brickwork and glazing elements • Internal decorations Key works taking place this quarter: • Continuation and handover of Beton Completion: Hive Wembley – completed summer 2019 Beton – spring 2020
Contractors: McAleer & Rushe CCS Score: 45/50 Construction work continues on site, and will deliver 741 residential units and 4 retail spaces. Progress to date includes: • SW03A (Phase 1) now 60% let and managed by Tipi • SW03B,4,5 (Phase 2) will provide a Cycle Spa and dog grooming area • SW03B,4,5 (Phase 2) entrance artwork is provided by Japanese artist Suiko • SW03B,4,5 (Phase 2) completing early 2020 including the 114 affordable apartment block (Block 5 Vantage) Key works taking place this quarter: • Completion of podium landscaping. Installation of fencing and completion of landscaping on South Way Completion: Phase 1 – completed Phase 2 – early 2020
Completion: October 2021
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South West Lands (Ferrum)
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E01/02
Contractor: Wates Construction Ltd CCS Score: 46/50 The site will consist of 633 apartments, car parking bays, commercial space, podium gardens, a multi-use games area and nursery. Progress to date incudes: • Internal fit out ongoing Key works taking place this quarter: • Scaffolding strikes • External area works progress Completion: October 2020
E05
Contractor: John Sisk and Sons Ltd CCS Score: 45/50 The scheme consists of 458 apartments, parking, commercial unit and gardens. Progress to date incudes: • Internal fit out ongoing • Pre-cast façade panels installation Key works taking place this quarter: • Frame complete • All bathroom pods delivered Completion: summer 2021
E03 (Canada Gardens)
Contractor: John Sisk and Sons Ltd CCS score: 47/50 The construction project is delivering 743 apartments, 91 space coach park, retail space along with a podium garden and community outdoor amenity space and a 30 mega-watt energy centre. Progress to date includes: • Podium Gardens have commenced sectional handovers • All scaffolding has now been struck on all buildings, only internal elements remaining • Balconies are fitted to Blocks A/B ongoing works to complete Block G Key works taking place this quarter: • Continuation of podium works and future amenity spaces • Handover of Block A in the spring • Southern Park pond structure being developed and planting along the Engineers Way front has commenced • Southern Park public realm to be formed at the building/park entrance • Removal of tallest free-standing crane in mid-March, involving road closure at the head of First/Engineers Way
NW09/10 (Repton Gardens)
Contractor: McLaren Construction CCS score: Not yet inspected Repton Gardens is made up of three distinct blocks, which will deliver 396 buildto-rent homes, 1,000sqm of ground floor retail space and 1,300sqm earmarked for a GP surgery. The scheme also includes resident podium gardens, roof terraces and car parking. Progress to date includes: • Excavation and forming of foundations in progress on • Drainage in progress • Forming of concrete lift pits in progress • Making up levels and blinding in progress • Envac underground rubbish disposal and utilities Key works taking place this quarter: • Groundworks and utilities • Foundations to be completed • Drainage to progress • Envac pipework to progress • Ground floor slab and frame Completion: June 2022
Completion: September 2020
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What's happening at Wembley Park Eastern Lands Topping Out Topping out took place in early February at the E05 build-to-rent development at Wembley Park, which also coincided with 15 years of Sisk, PRP Architects and developer Quintain working in partnership at our 85-acre regeneration site.
providing enhanced quality control and reducing the volume of labour on site. Over 1,600 pre-cast masonry panels were manufactured off site before being installed via a crane at the E05 plot.
Comprising 458 new homes across three blocks, ranging from 10 to 21 storeys high, the E05 site has been a hotbed for innovation during its construction. Examples of this includes:
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E05 becoming the first plot in Europe to have robotics deployed for construction purposes. A ‘Material Unit Lift Enhancer’ (MULE) was used to enhance the productivity of block-laying work during the construction of the project’s multi-storey car park
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Sisk used slip form concrete on the site, a method which involves concrete being poured into a continuously moving form, allowing contractors to build vertically. The technique was used on two concrete cores, one of which was 22-storeys high
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Sisk selected a pre-cast concrete architectural façade with a composite window solution
This was the first time that architectural pre-cast panels have been used at Wembley Park. The panels reduce the time spent installing the façade on site, removing the need for scaffolding,
Oakington Manor Primary visits Wembley Park 30 students from Oakington Manor Primary visited Wembley Park for an educational building project followed by an exploration of the workplace through a tour. They were challenged to design a new tower that the local community would be proud of. They set about designing a tower with apartments and extra special features to improve the lives of the residents. They then built a scale model of their proposed idea, sharing their achievements with a panel of volunteers, reflecting on how they had applied problem solving throughout the day and looking ahead to how they could apply this skill again in the future.
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Since 2004, Sisk has delivered a range of projects at Wembley Park including the 472-apartment Emerald Gardens, London Designer Outlet, the Hilton London Wembley Hotel and the reconfiguration and refurbishment of the Grade 2 listed Wembley Arena (now The SSE Arena, Wembley).
Employer-supported volunteers At Wembley Park, we strive to use our skills, experiences and abilities in order to help our local community. Community sector groups and organisations are able to able to benefit from voluntary time offered by our employees and help drive community projects across the borough of Brent.
Topping Out ceremony at the E05 site
Commenting at the ceremony, Ajaz Shafi, Managing Director UK South, said: “It is great to have reached this key milestone on E05 alongside Quintain. At Sisk, we are committed to innovation and it is great to work alongside a company like Quintain who allow us to bring new ways of thinking to developments. We are looking forward to continuing to work together with Quintain on future projects.”
Volunteering opportunities can come in many forms, such as individuals volunteering for a local dementia café or school workshop, or a group volunteering activity such as a gardening project. All Quintain employees have two annual volunteering days and we're willing to work with all different age groups— we encourage community sector groups to tell us about their projects and how we can get involved. To find out how to get us involved, email:
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Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) As a Client Partner of CCS, Quintain is committed to promoting 'Construction Best Practice' by endorsing its principles and values across Wembley Park, with registration to the scheme being obligatory for all new contractors. Monitored on a daily basis, the average combined scores from across the four framework contractors' sites are outlined below: - McAleer & Rushe 45/50 - McLaren 45/50 - Sisk 46/50 - Wates 46/50 The benchmark for Wembley Park is scores of 40 or more points— categorised as "Excellent" by CCS. All four contractors meet this, and in some areas are marked as "Exceptional". You can view the full CCS scoring system here: www.ccscheme.org.uk
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