Progress update and more photos from the site

The cycle path on the south side of the Lune is a good vantage point for checking out the action on site... click on the photos for bigger versions.

On the right is the east end of terrace B. The building platforms have to be compacted in narrow layers.  This can only be done after dry weather as the material doesn't compact properly when it is wet.

If we were using more granular material the compaction would be an easier process, but then the 'muddier' stuff would become waste that it would be difficult to make use of anywhere else.

Over on Terrace A, foundations were being poured last week.




The severe gales (the remains of Hurricane Katia) did a bit of damage just above our site

Now we have concrete pipes on site rather than plastic ones.  These are being installed this week.  They are to collect the rain after a storm and discharge it slowly into the river, no faster than a greenfield site would, so that we don't contribute to the flooding of Skerton!

The roof of the sheds has been removed.  It is due to be replaced with fibre cement - the planners have asked for it to be dark green rather than the paler grey which the group chose, but we still think it will look OK!

Space is tight and the crusher is back on site.  All the concrete and brick from the old buildings can be reused as fill after crushing.   This is where Heron Bank will be built.

Jon