construction update smallDate : Tuesday 30th April 2019

Weather : Temp 14°C, sunny, dry, light cloud cover

Principal Contractor : Compass Building & Construction Services Ltd

Site Manager : Robbie Tewnion / Archie Cameron MacKintosh

Time Lost : 30.25 days lost to weather by PC’s calculation. Delay to contract to be

determined by Client’s Representative. Site Personnel

2 Site Manager 1 Forklift Driver 0 Glulam Erection Squad 4 Mechanical (Crudens) 0 Groundworkers 2 Scaffolders 0 Labourer 2 Joiners

Sub Contractors Appointed

Shane MacLennan Groundworks EastWest Flooring Concrete Screed Scotframe Kit supply & design Swarco EV Charging Glulam Solutions Kit and glulam erection FP McCann Precast concrete supply C MacPhee Bricklayer Gartec Lift supplier & installer. Andrew Cowie Concrete slab installer FP McCann Precast Concrete McLeod Roofing Slate Roofing MH Electrical Electrical Installation RI Cruden Mechanical Installation Highland Scaffolding Scaffolding Highland Decorating Taping & Decorating

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Activities on site

The blockwork forming the stair enclosure has been completed to cap slab level.

The GF Slab has been poured and is complete. The rough and loose areas have been scraped and screeded.

Glulam erection is complete. The main posts, tie beams and trusses have been erected and Gf & 1st floor Panel installation is complete.

Roof cassettes installation complete 100% with some fixings to be completed where inaccessible with cherrypicker. These can now be accessed via the scaffold.

Diagonal bracing 50% completed with highlevel bracing still to be fitted.

GF window & door installations are 80% complete with 1st floor windows to be installed once the scaffold has been completed.

The base course render has now been completed.

The offsite foul drainage is now completed with Scottish Water inspections carried out periodically as required. The CCTV survey of the drainage has been done. With a final inspection to be done when the surfacing is complete.

Construction of the parking areas at the road and millenium hall are substantially complete.

Joiners are completing subfloor insulation and separation membrane in stairwell and kitchen. Underfloor heating installation is underway and tidy.

Floor screed erimeter insulation and separation membrane has been installed tidily.

Screed company has given date of 24th May to pour the GF screed. Compass are pushing for an improvement on this date.

Scaffold erection will be complete Tuesday 30th for it to be taken into use from 1st May.

Compass Joiners & Glulam Solutions Joiners will be working on roof from the 1st May.

Window installation will re commence 30th May to be complete by Friday 3rd May

Upcoming Activities Continue with window and door fitting Complete scaffold erection Complete all framing, partitions and balcony protection timber makeup as far as possible. M&E 1st fix has been scheduled to start 29th April. Plasterboard deliveries were scheduled for 15th April of May now but have been moved into May to allow M&E to start. Fire capping at the stair is with Makar just now for warrant amendment submission. Progress with car park works Complete stair blockwork enclosure MacLeod Roofing will commence on site 29th April. Roof lights are due on site w/c 29th April.


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