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Groundbreaking News
On Thursday we celebrated the official start of the project by cutting the first ‘sod of turf’ on site. Wikipedia kindly informs me this is a traditional ceremony for a building project, often attended...
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The Barn comes down
OK, so now the work really begins – the Arts Barn is no more, reduced to a pile of rubble. It didn’t take long, beginning with Studio 2 on Friday and the rest disappearing yesterday. I’d be lying if I...
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Tower Crane Arrives
Lovely blue tower crane We now have ourselves a lovely tall tower crane, which brings to mind Elbow’s great song The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver (go on, find it on youtube, it’s really nice)....
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Actual building work begins
Forget digging foundations, laying pipes, pouring concrete – what we’d all rather see is some good old-fashioned building work: actual physical walls coming out of the ground. Well, that is what’s...
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Well, what lovely weather we’ve been having over the past couple of months. And yet construction work has continued apace, with our intrepid site workers battling hard to make sure deadlines are hit...
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Up a height
This weekend sees the concrete being poured on the fourth storey of the building, another significant moment in what has been an amazingly speedy journey to the giddy heights of the top floor, where...
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Topping out
Laying out the PPE We reached the highest point of construction last Thursday 8 May and celebrated in style with a traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony and reception with over 100 people. Unfortunately...
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Starting to look like the real thing
The roof rolls down... Things are really starting to take shape now. We’re well on the way to being watertight, hopefully by the end of July if not soon after. The external façade is now mostly covered...
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Nearly watertight
Foyer roof light I had another sneaky peek inside the building earlier in the week, mainly to check on progress and to take some pics to show how things are moving on. As you can see from the images...
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Nearing the finish line
Things are really motoring towards the finish line now. There’s still a lot of work to be done but we’re on track for completion and the opening in February. You’ll see from the images below that...
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