Construction Newsletter Issue 18 - Winter
Building Big
with our local schools
The Big Build
Wrapping up for winter It's been a busy year for Wembley Park. Amidst all the development that is taking place in this corner of borough, we've been working hard to deliver a robust and powerful community engagement programme. Alongside our contractors, we have engaged over 7,000 school pupils across Brent this year through our educational engagement programme. From workshops on workplace resilience to site tours of live construction sites, we endeavour to inform and educate the wider community on the careers available within the construction and built environment industry. Our contractor community framework, which works alongside our educational engagement programme, sets out the structure for our various pre-employment and progression pathways into the construction industry. This includes our initiatives for our Women in Construction and BAME in Construction programmes. Over 6,000 individuals have attended our numerous talks, events, seminars and workshops. Over 2,400 individuals and 14 community projects have benefitted from the third round of funding from the Wembley Park Community Fund this year. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 have been awarded to charities, community and voluntary organisations aiming to create better places, better lives and better local networks.
workshops at schools, making benches out of reclaimed wood at St. Raphael's community garden, increasing awareness of dementia and so much more. Collectively we've volunteered over 670 hours this year to projects across Brent.
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Since 2017, the Wembley Park development has helped 123 people secure construction apprenticeships and 75 residents into other construction jobs.
Students from Mora Primary, Mitchell Brook Primary and Brentfield Primary had been tasked with the challenge of building an outdoor musical play area from recycled materials creating large-scale instruments from junk.
There are still a range of opportunities available for residents to apply to, which will be promoted to the local communities of Brent. Quintain and their partners Wates, McLaren, McAleer & Rushe, John Sisk & Sons, Huber and O’Keefe, are proud to have set an example for how developments can support local employment.
This November, Wembley Park invited 60 school children from three Brent primary schools to take on the annual Big Build challenge.
After a briefing by Intercultural Musicology, the children got to work using collected recyclable materials to start constructing their musical instruments.
These apprenticeships and jobs have included business administration, site management, electrical installation, plumbing and heating, dry lining, painting & decorating, general construction operative, bricklaying and quantity surveying. The Wembley Park skills team has also been proactive in encouraging women and residents from black and ethnic minority groups (BAME) to access the opportunities available, both groups that are underrepresented in the sector. Email the Wembley Park skills team to find out how you can get involved:
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This was a joint initiative between Quintain/Wembley Park and contractors: John Sisk & Sons, Alandale Logistics, McAleer & Rushe, Wates Construction, and McLaren Construction. Thank you to all the children who took part, working as teams to create musical instruments from the recycled materials donated from Wembley Park offices.
In support of Brent London Borough of Culture 2020, 40% of this year's funding pot has been allocated to arts and cultural projects in the borough. Through the Wembley Park employee volunteering scheme, members of Tipi, Quintain and Wembley Park staff have travelled across the borough delivering
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Women in construction school talk
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Progress & planned works South West Lands (Ferrum) 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 let and managed by Tipi • SW03B,4,5 (Phase 2) progressing ahead of programme • All of the concrete frames are now complete • Block 3B apartments approaching completion of the snagging programme with a January completion date • Block 4 is progressing with snagging and is due to hand over in February
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Key works taking place this quarter: • Snagging of Phase 2 apartments and progression of landscape works Completion: Phase 1 – completed Phase 2 – early 2020
SWL podium garden
Olympic Way
Contractor: Volker Fitzpatrick CCS Score: Not yet inspected Regeneration of Olympic Way and the construction of the Olympic Steps. Progress to date includes: • New concrete, granite and clay paving on the west and centre lines • 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: • Installation of new media screens and lighting to Bobby Moore Bridge • The completion of the new signalised crossing over Fulton Road • Early ground works and piling for the Olympic Steps Completion: October 2021
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W06
SE01 (Pink Car Park)
Progress to date includes: • Scaffold strike • Envelope installation of brickwork and glazing • Fit out works including partitions, mechanical and electrical • Internal decorations • Completion of W06A office, named The Hive
Progress to date includes: • All structural elements completed • All macadam finishes applied to the surface denoting the lane marking • Supergraphics applied to the main core depicting icons of Wembley • Signage install throughout the development is underway • Systems throughout the development are being tested
Contractor: McLaren Construction CCS Score: 45/50 The site will comprise two buildings, one being 150 homes and the second a 126,000 sq ft office block.
Key works taking place this quarter: • Continuation of brickwork and glazing installation • Continuation of internal fit out of apartments • Scaffold removal from W06 residental Completion: W06 A – completed summer 2019 W06 B – early 2020
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Contractor: Huber CCS score: 38/50 The construction project is delivering a 290 space multi-storey coach park with a 5-storey car park across the top.
Key works taking place this quarter: • Development will be handed to Wembley Park for management • Setup procedures for operation being put into place • Test events in the New Year Completion: December 2019
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E01/02
Contractor: Wates Construction Ltd CCS Score: 45/50 The site will consist of 633 apartments, car parking bays, commercial space, podium gardens, a multi-use games area & nursery. Progress to date incudes: • Internal fit out ongoing • Brickwork 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.
E03 (Canada Gardens)
NW09/10
Progress to date includes: • Blocks F, E & D along First Way are completed and handed over to Tipi and residents have moved in • Podium Gardens has commenced sectional handovers • Scaffold strikes completed on Blocks A&B • Removal of tower cranes has begun, with TC 2 and TC 3 removed • First Way works along the pavement have been completed up to Canada Lane
Progress to date includes: • Site clearance, reduced level dig and installation of piling mat • Establishment of new hoarding line and installation of new access routes
Contractor: John Sisk and Sons Ltd CCS score: 46/50 743 apartments with a podium garden and outdoor amenity space, ground floor retail and a 91 space coach park.
Key works taking place this quarter: • Frame complete • All bathroom pods delivered • Internal fit out
Key works taking place this quarter: • Continuation of podium works and future amenity spaces • Prep for the handover of Block A • Southern Park is being developed with pre-cast pond structure • Ongoing works to façade on Block C & scaffold strikes of Block C and G • Pavement replacement along Engineers Way
Completion: summer 2021
Completion: September 2020
Progress to date incudes: • Block cores • Bathroom pods delivered to site • Pre-cast façade panels installed
Contractor: McLaren Construction CCS score: N/A This site, bounded by Fulton Road (north), Boxpark (east), Harbutt Road (west) and H.Repton (south), is a 396 unit Build to Rent scheme. The site consists of three residential blocks with a maximum height of 21 storeys. The project includes a podium garden and retail.
Key works taking place this quarter: • Piling, pile caps, utility installation Completion: June 2022
CGI model of NW09/10
Development plots Quintain managed sites For any queries on Quintain managed sites please call the customer voicebox: 0800 021 3245 Sites not owned by Quintain There are a number of sites around Wembley Park not owned by Quintain which are also being developed, and for clarity we’ve marked these on the map.
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What's happening at Wembley Park Celebrating the way Wembley moves
Volunteering makes the world go round
In August we reached out to the wider Wembley Park community to help us create a lighting art mural on Royal Route.
At Wembley Park, we strive to use our skills, experiences and abilities constructively in order to help our local community.
Royal Route and its undercroft is one of the main routes for the public coming in and out of Wembley Park for watching games, attending events, entertainment and shopping at London Designer Outlet.
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.
The aim of the project is to draw on the movement of visitors and local communities coming in and out of the neighbourhood, co-creating a scene of dynamic moving people that occupy the soffit of the bridge. The artwork celebrates movements in history such as the procession of the British Empire Exhibition; movements in modern times such as performances and sporting events at Wembley Stadium and The SSE Arena, Wembley; and movements happening around Royal Route on a daily basis. Working with Jason Bruges Studio, the mural uses a bespoke, specially generated lenticular animated image to create a spectacular and engaging performance piece, with images taken of Wembley Park's visiting fans, surrounding communities and local heroes. Be sure to pay the Royal Route bridge a visit when you come to London Designer Outlet.
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.
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"I had a brilliant time and thoroughly enjoyed – almost as much as the kids!"
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— COO, Tipi
"This has been such a rewarding day. The kids got so much out of this and it was so well run."
we've reached over 15,000 individuals via our CSR programme during 2019.
Kenmont Primary visits Wembley Park 30 students from Kenmont 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.
All Quintain staff 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.
— Kenmont Primary Teacher
"The children (and staff) had an absolutely fantastic experience and enjoyed the day thoroughly."
— Mora Primary Teacher
To find out how to get us involved, email:
volunteering@quintain.co.uk
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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 45.5/50 - Wates 45/50 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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