The View From
The Site

Richard Gallaher, the project manager, has kindly given us some pictures he took from the site itself. The picture to the left shows a 'cherry picker' - a machine the men use to get up to the steels. They fix the steel frame together from this machine which they can control even when they are standing up on the platform. The frame is just over one third complete now. In the second picture you can see the crane. The crane is a mobile one and will slowly move back towards the gate as more of the frame is complete.

Balconies

About half the steel frame has now been completed. The builders will soon start on the next section which will contain the new dining hall, kitchen and classrooms. You can see where the balconies hang on steel wires.

On the top floor in the picture will be the ICT suites. On the second floor will be the staff room. On the first floor will be the library and on the ground floor community classrooms.

If all goes to plan the steel frame will be completed by the end of December.

The Floors Go In
The first part of the frame construction is up and they have started putting the base flooring slabs in. The underfloor heating and final floor finish will be put on top of these. Once this section of the new building has been completed the workmen will start on the next section of the building nearer Lisson Grove.

Work on the Frampton Street wall will start soon.

During half-term and the week following lots of progress on the new building has been made. The frame of the extension has started to go up and the Frampton Street wall has been demolished. This wall is going to rebuilt as it was considered unsafe.

Inside the building all the internal walls in Old Red Class, the Library and Stock Room have been demolished making one very large space that will become part of the new nursery.

More news next week.