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Past Blogs - Weeks 14 to 16


Week 16

Well, deciding where to begin was the hardest thing this week as there seems to be so much progress made in nearly all areas.

The first thing to catch your eye is the new cafe extension:

Roof - almost completeInternal view of the roof

The outer wall foundations and bases are really taking shape.

Outer wallFurtehr foundations

More brickwork continues on the inside.

The brickwork continuesMark's old office

Upstairs in the new gym the floor is in the process of being filled with concrete and screed.

Floor screeding

The new windows are taking shape in the reception area.

Receptions new windowsContinued

From the other side

The ducting for the new Air Handling Unit is progressing well

The ducting

Moving on to the new spa extension:

Completed external wallsInside

The spa pool has been built up:

SpaFrom another angle

The new double staircase is taking shape:

New double staircase

Work has also begun on the first floor changing facilities:

New wall facing the car park

Internal view

All mod cons with new toilet and shower facilities:

Toilet facilitiesShower

The Energy drink is proof of how hard the builder are working:

Energy!!!!

Last, but not least, the ground floor ancillary hall, which is due for completion this week, ready to house the gym.

Ancillary Hall

Plans for next week include completion of the ancillary hall and possible delivery of the spa tank.

Week 15

Further progress has been made this week in both the ancillary hall and new gym area upstairs.

Starting with upstairs, a lot of brickwork has been completed on the old bar balcony. You can see the new extension, where the windows will be, the new window/door frames in the dance studio and the new frames for the pool balcony viewing:
New extension Where windows will be

New window and door frames in dance studio New frames in for the pool balcony viewing area

Works have also continued out on the spa extension with the exterior wall almost complete and the final foundations for the spa tank. There are also 2 new staircases being built:
Exterior wall almost complete Final foundations for spa tank

New staircase being builtSecond staircase being built

Works have continued on the new cafe extension:
Cafe extension Cafe extension works

Works planned for the coming week include:

Further roofing works on spa extension

  • Possible completion of the ground floor of the ancillary hall
  • More works upstairs

Week 14

Plenty happening again this week, with several areas progressing nicely. First off, we have the new cafe extension on the front of the building:

Crane hoisting metal work in place; taking shape above the hoardings and an internal view:
Crane hoisting metal work in place for new cafe extension View of metal work for new cafe extension Internal view of new cafe extension

Upstairs has really taken shape, with the sprung flooring being laid in the dance studio:

Men hard at work and almost complete, bar the skirting:
Nearly completed dance studio flooring Men hard at work laying dance studio flooring

Further works to flooring in the new gym area have been completed, with casings going in ready to hold all electrical cables for the machines. Plus the installation of the new air conditioning units:

Gym flooring, with areas dug out and the new air conditioning units going in:
Gym flooring with areas dug out New air conditioning units going in to the new gym area

Works on bar balcony continue and the new extension roofing:
Works on bar balcony New gym extension roofing

Further brickwork and construction has taken place on the new spa extension:

Showing where the windows from the new spa will be and the wall adjacent to the artificial pitch:
Space for windows for the new spa Spa extension wall adjacent to artificial pitch

Showing what will be the rear exit to outside areas; foundations for new staircase and the spa area:
Spa extension rear exit to outside areas Foundations for new staircase Spa area

Planned works for the coming week include:

  • Continued works on cafe extension
  • Possible delivery and installation of new spa tank
  • Further progress upstairs in the gym and downstairs in ancillary hall

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01 January 2009