Torrential rain greeted me this morning as I stepped off the number 61 for my last visit to Beechley Drive before Site Manager Gary and his team do the final handover on Friday of this week. In between the downpours I did manage to get a few pictures… I…
Read moreWell, despite the very miserable weather I am assured that it is in fact Summer – and that being so, we’re getting ever closer to completion date on Beechley Drive! Two of the houses are already being lived in, and work is continuing apace on the remaining units; site manager Gary tells me that handover of…
Read moreHello Pentrebane! This is one of those days when I am truly glad that I don’t work on a building site – I am freezing cold, and I’m typing this indoors with two jumpers and a scarf, AND the cat keeping my lap warm – I can’t imagine trying to lay bricks or fix roof…
Read moreDP/LH/P359/16/053 9th October 2014 Dear Occupier/Resident/Car Owner/Business Owner Re: Beechley Drive Regeneration – New pedestrian footpaths and reconfiguration of the existing Zebra Crossing on Beechley Drive, Firs Avenue and Beech Road With reference to the above project, we would like to inform you that Jehu Project Services will shortly be…
Read moreGreat news at last! After various complications with the section 278 works (this is the agreement we have to get signed off with Cardiff Council in order to start works on a public highway) we are nearly there – this means that we can (keep everything crossed here!) start the next stage of the works…
Read moreLooking at my calendar now, it’s hard to get my head around the fact that this time last month we had not even selected the crew for our Get Into Construction course. At that stage I was so busy running around i-dotting and t-crossing and finalising practicalities that I had not had a moment to really…
Read moreWhat a brilliant three weeks we have had on our Get Into Construction course! I am sitting here trying to get this written up and on the website before the end of the day, and I literally don’t know where to start! Since the last update, the lads have completed their work experience, but before…
Read moreAnother week on Get Into Construction is nearly at an end – it’s been a busy one! Since I last updated, the lads have passed their Emergency and Basic First Aid; spent a day making play equipment with Lydia from the Construction Youth Trust; budgeted, planned, and shopped for tools and equipment; completed a simulated…
Read moreFriday! That means it’s the end of the first week of our Get Into Construction course with the Prince’s Trust, Cadwyn and Jehu. And what a brilliant week it has been! Our fifteen has grown to sixteen, because our first reserve impressed us so much that the Prince’s Trust allocated us some extra funding so…
Read moreIf you called into Pentrebane Community Centre yesterday, you, will have seen that it was absolutely buzzing with activity. As well as the usual great stuff going on there (a community cafe with the BEST bacon rolls; an art project with visiting artists from Europe; after school club and loads more) we also had a…
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