HQ Build Blog
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06.12.2019
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All About That Base
by Toby Athersuch
Brett Group volunteering their time and resources to lay a hardstanding for a utility shed at the new HQ site. Many thanks for your hard work and contribution to this project.
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22.07.2019
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Rail Trail
by Toby Athersuch
Railings going up on HQ entrance ramp today.
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05.07.2019
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Green Sleeves
by David Moore
How well do think the HQ blends in with its surroundings? Much better since we painted the ramp today.
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26.06.2019
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Hands That Do Dishes
by Brian Perry
Kitchen now painted – help needed to remove plastic film off all doors and the whole kitchen deep cleaned – it will look great when finished. Still more painting to do so if you have time over next few evenings then come and join us.
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24.06.2019
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Ladies and Gentlemen
by Brian Perry
Decorating continued over the weekend but still painting to be done in order to reach our goal of completing by the end of this week. WE NEED YOUR HELP – new HQ will be open this evening – COME AND JOIN US
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20.06.2019
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Let There Be Light!
by Brian Perry
Ceiling lights now fully installed – so bright could be used as light house.
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13.06.2019
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Rolling
by Brian Perry
Hall painted thanks to the efforts of the magnificent 7 from CDS Construction Services – all in a day’s work!
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12.06.2019
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Rolling
by Brian Perry
Loft Ladders now into both first floor mezzanines – great storage space.
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12.06.2019
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CDS Construction Services Ltd
by Brian Perry
Seven staff members of CDS Construction Services Ltd today at the new Scout HQ participating in the Centenary Charity Challenge of the National Association of Shopfitters & Interior Constructors. David Moore with Martin Quille MD of CDS Construction Services Ltd.
Dave speaks to CDS Construction Services Ltd – (video link)
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12.06.2019
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Space, Man!
by Brian Perry
Shared cupboards now decorated and shelved out and now with separate cleaners cupboard off the lobby.
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12.06.2019
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Getting There!
by Brian Perry
A photo of the current hall decoration
12.06.2019
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Beam Me Up
by Brian Perry
With the steel beams now covered up the ceiling strip lights have been fitted – again many thanks to Ray Hitch and Jamie Harvey – we have light in the main hall!
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06.06.2019
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Paint it… White!
by Brian Perry
Decorating the HQ has begun with the hall being painted by professional decorators – we’ll leave to cupboards to the ‘amateurs’. No more exposed steel frames.
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03.06.2019
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Help!
by Brian Berry
We need the help of suitably competent decorators. Please get in touch!
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29.05.2019
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Masterchef
by Brian Perry
Kitchen looking good – ready for painting?
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23.05.2019
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Cupboard Games
by Alexandra Schofield
Bourne Beavers testing the Beaver cupboard…perfect size!
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10.05.2019
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Play Misty for Me
by Brian Perry
Hall looking great – just needs the finishing touches before decorating starts – needs misting.
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01.05.2019
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Power Up!
by David Moore
Been waiting a while for the meter. Power in the building at last.
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29.04.2019
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Burrowing
by Toby Athersuch
The Cubs helped with the planting of some screening trees this evening. Plenty of bark mulch to get to grips with…
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24.04.2019
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Shut That Dooooooor!
by Brian Perry
Vaicaima supplied doors are now being installed thanks to Runnymede District Commissioner – shall we paint them white? We are nearly there!
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11.04.2019
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Pretty in Pink!
by Brian Perry
Nice new walls in the Garage – in pink!
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10.04.2019
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Hey Duggee
by Brian Perry
Now the fine weather has reappeared on with the landscaping. All we need now is the ramp walls to be painted green to match the HQ!
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18.03.2019
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Cooking Up A Storm!
by Brian Perry
Kitchen continues to be installed – not one or two but four ovens for teaching and skills development purposes. And to make washing up easy and kind to hands – a dishwasher!
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18.03.2019
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Security
by Brian Perry
The perimeter fence is now complete with all gates installed. We replaced all the chain-link fence along Staines Lane – looks impressive and SECURE.
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14.03.2019
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The Plan
by Brian Perry
In the beginning there was The Plan … you know the rest…
Now our Howden’s kitchen is being installed – should be finished next week ready for use once the power is connected.
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14.03.2019
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Hard Standing
by Brian Perry
Have we got the Group Leader’s parking space big enough? I think so but we’ll need two lorry loads of concrete.
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11.03.2019
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Quick Step
by Brian Perry
Next phase of internal installations begins today. Quick Step flooring being laid starting with the meeting room – any one good at jigsaws? Just arrived this lunch time the Howdens Egham-supplied kitchen – many thanks to them for their very generous discount – over now to Longman’s for installation – will it fit?
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11.03.2019
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Gates Foundation
by Dave Moore
Gates have arrived on site, installation of pedestrian gate underway. Site will be fully secure in the next couple of days.
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29.02.2019
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H2O
by Brian Perry
We now have clean water piped to the HQ Plant Room – now to plumb in all the taps in toilets and kitchen; ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
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27.02.2019
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Water Way To Have A Good Time
by Brian Perry
Tony McFadden at the site today installing the water connection to the new HQ for Affinity Water. Needless to say they have dug up the grass verge at the same place as UK Power installed the electricity a month ago.
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18.02.2019
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Fencing Lessons
by Brian Perry
Not a drop of rain stops Wesson Fencing. Final Staines Lane side, installation today & tomorrow so by end of week the HQ will be secure. Perhaps time for a tidy up!
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11.02.2019
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Tight As A Drum, Sir!
by Brian Perry
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE TODAY – we now have a ‘WATER-TIGHT’ HQ. All external doors fitted & painted with RAL 6003 – ie BROWN to match the garage door!
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11.02.2019
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Mesh Ado About Nothing
by Brian Perry
Today marks the start of the installation of the 2.4m high 868 Protek twin wire weld mesh fencing in green – what else – that should keep our unwanted visitors out!
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07.02.2019
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Amazing Local Support
by Brian Perry
BIG THANKS to Ray Hitch of R&D Hitch Ltd Chertsey for their very generous donation of all ‘second fix’ electrical components for the Scout HQ. Local Giving in Action – local company supporting a local good cause.
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29.01.2019
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Roll Up! Roll Up!
by Dave Moore
Another piece of the project completed. Garage door installed.
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29.01.2019
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Plastered!
by Dave Moore
Progress on the new HQ progressing at an amazing pace.
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24.01.2018
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Power To The People!
by Brian Perry
… well the Scouts! Today power connection to the HQ started together with internal trenching work to run cable from boundary to front south wall. Soon no need for generators once the second fix electrics are completed.
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17.01.2019
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Storage Space!!!
by Brian Perry
One for the section leaders – all 4 cupboards now plastered and awaiting flooring, doors and final finishes and then decorating. Great storage space above the four cupboards.
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17.01.2019
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Cladding On!
by Brian Perry
Another milestone met with all walls now cladded and windows fitted. Just the doors to fit and we should have a ‘water-tight’ building at the beginning of February.
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14.01.2019
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Wall, O Wall
by Brian Perry
Three walls cladded – only the north wall to complete. Also this week windows are starting to be installed – first, those in the meeting room.
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11.01.2019
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Taking Shape
by Brian Perry
Wall cladding nearing completion.
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11.01.2019
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Room and Board
by Brian Perry
Mezzanine floors fitted front & rear with boarded loft space for storage. Now no one should go through the ceiling.
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04.01.2019
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Super Strong Ply
by Brian Perry
Like a giant jigsaw, the inner walls in the hall are being boarded up with ply on top of insulation to give them strength against footballs!
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01.01.2019
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On New Years’ Day
by Brian Perry
One up; three to go. South Wall now cladded.
Happy New Year to all our supporters – 2019 will be a momentous year.
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24.12.2018
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Hardi Christmas, Everyone!
by Brian Perry
Roof on now for the walls – first Hardipak boards fitted – its in mountain sage.
Happy Christmas everyone and here’s to our new home in 2019.
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24.12.2018
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When I Nod My Head, You Hit It…
by Brian Perry
“It goes there Steve Valiant” First Fix Electrics being completed by Jamie & Harvey Herbert with help(?) from Steve. Also have just started tacking the plaster board walls.
BIG THANKS to everyone who have supported this project – we are getting there with target completion date MAY 2019 – under 5 months to go!
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28.12.2018
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Dance Floor?
by Brian Perry
Floor screeding now fully completed – ready for dancing!
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17.12.2018
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Guttering
by Brian Perry
Ever wanted no joins in your guttering? These guys fixed ours on the new HQ – now for the down pipes after the wall cladding has been fixed.
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17.12.2018
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Screed
by Brian Perry
Another milestone met today with the delivery & laying of floor screeding. Great to have a dry day that allowed all the floor area to be covered in one day – now keep off to allow it to be cured.
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17.12.2018
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Toasty!
by Brian Perry
Under floor heating pipework laid on top of insulation & membrane and leak tested ready for screeding. Members will have their feet ‘toasted’!
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11.12.2018
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Dig This!
by Brian Perry
External works continue wet or dry – soak away trench now dug – George next time please supply a digger – by hand, is such hard work.
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11.12.2018
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Onward!
by Brian Perry
Sunday morning’s topping out was a great success in part due to the path laid previous few days. Thanks to Team Longman for a great effort. Now you can go back to a ‘normal’ building site!
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09.12.2018
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Top Work!
by Toby Athersuch
A lovely ‘Topping Out’ event today at the site of the new HQ facility on Staines Lane to mark a milestone in the building – the roof is on!
Members of the Group were joined by representatives of key charity donors, community supporters, councillors, the Mayor of Runnymede Dolcie Clarke, and the High Sheriff of Surrey Jim Glover.
It was a great chance to look around the building – seeing it up close makes the whole thing very real, and we are so close to our fundraising goal to finish it by April next year!
It is going up quickly…
The High Sheriff, also presented the Group with a High Sheriff Youth Award of £2000 to purchase new equipment to help us with our Scouting and fundraising activities.
Thanks to all those who attended to mark this occasion.
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07.12.2018
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Membranes
by Brian Perry
Work continues inside the HQ with the first layer of membrane fitted over entire floor – great to work inside in the DRY!
Entire floor now fitted with insulation board and covered with another membrane. Now to fit the underfloor heating.
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28.11.2018
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Framed!
by Brian Perry
Scaffolding removed today – and WOW the HQ is still standing but will it survive tonight’s gales? Let’s hope so!
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21.11.2018
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Yeah!!!
by Brian Perry
Momentous day today – the roof and ceiling now completely fitted. Now onto the mains drainage and once delivered the wall cladding.
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17.11.2018
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Big Overheads!
by Brian Perry
Roofing continues – about a quarter the way along the trusses. How you do put the inner ‘ceiling’ roofing sheets on at height? Use a platform…
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14.11.2018
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Fiddler on the Roof!
by Brian Perry
Another milestone being met – roofing started this week. Inner and outer roof going on at the same time with insulation filling the void between the two steel profiled roofing sheets. Roof and Ceiling now in place over meeting room and storage area. Great the electrical cabling went in first!
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29.10.2018
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Sparky!
by Brian Perry
Sparks were flying last Saturday at the new HQ when electricians Jamie Herbert assisted by his son Harvey (Assistant Cub Leader) and Dave Roydhouse assisted by his son Ben (Hunters Cub leader) started cabling the building in readiness for the roof. Great support by friends of the Group.
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18.10.2018
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Quartermastery
by Brian Perry
Cupboards? You cannot have enough storage! Rear of HQ building four cupboards and over cupboards mezzanine stud work is built. Which section will have each cupboard? Should be no problem as each are the same size!
Further storage for chairs, tables, catering equipment stud walls built together with meeting room – internals now taking shape.
Now looking into the HQ from thge main entrance – left changing rooms and toilet and right even more storage and kitchen – YES – its really taking shape!
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09.10.2018
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Divide and Conquer!
by Brian Perry
Scaffolding up all around the building for roof work.
Where shall we put the dividing wall between meeting room and garage?
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08.10.2018
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Brace! Brace!
by Brian Perry
Bracing time – keeping it in the Nash family, Maurice welding braces at the new HQ – we’ll need all this strengthening for our active members. Maurice’s late father Bill built the current HQ in Ford Road & is looking forward to the move into our new premises.
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07.10.2018
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Truss Restored!
by Brian Perry
Roof trusses over the entire building now complete with trusses over both the garage and meeting room resulting in a pitched roof. Now ready to receive the profiled metal roof sheets in good time before the onset of winter!
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27.09.2018
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Truss in Me!
by Brian Perry
Roof trusses nearly complete in readiness for welding the steel bracing. Roofing will be on in near future. Being to look like a real HQ. David Moore visited the site this morning – most impressed.
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21.09.2018
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Membranes
by Brian Perry
Ply inner external walls now fixed and membrane being attached in readiness for Cladding – great to work without branches getting in the way. Roofing will begin next week- weather permitting!
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19.09.2018 x 2
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Walls!
by Brian Perry
Windy today at the HQ site but still progress is being made. Ply walls are being applied.
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12.09.2018
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Ready to Ply!
by Brian Perry
Stud work now completed in readiness to take the ply walls. Now is a great time to ‘Buy A Brick’ for the new HQ as every £1 counts.
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09.09.2018
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Stud-ying Hard!
by Brian Perry
Sunny South Side stud work now up. Both side walls now studded so now onto the end walls.
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06.09.2018
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North of The Wall
by Brian Perry
In the sunshine it looks quite impressive – six sections north and south side. The stud work continues – excellent progress by Longmans. North wall starting to be built – only three more sides to go!
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04.09.2018
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The A-(Frame)-Team
by Brian Perry
Beginning of September sees another milestone in the new HQ build. The A-frames are being erected this week. It’s now beginning to look like a building! Steel frame now complete & ready to take the walls.
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23.08.2018
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Art Attack!
by Brian Perry
Attention to detail is great – painting steel frames making sure all surfaces are protected.
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22.08.2018
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Up.. up… and AWAY!
by Brian Perry
The only way now is UP. Wall and floor steels are being erected. Another milestone met by Longman Developments.
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17.08.2018
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Steel Yourself!
by Brian Perry
We have been quiet – not at all – steel frames have been fabricated over the past few weeks and now are ready for installation – watch them go up next week – sky’s the limit!
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23.07.2018
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The Cure
by Brian Perry
Garage floor now cured solid – milestone – wood has started arriving at the site.
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20.07.2018
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Anyone for a Swim?
by Brian Perry
All the HQ Floors now done. Just waiting for the concrete to cure. Zzzzzz. Next week Longmans will install the main drainage and service ducts.
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20.07.2018
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Garage Rock
by Brian Perry
Garage Floor Concreting in progress – work being done by ex- Chertsey Scout Group Beaver & then Cub. Good to see the connection.
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19.07.2018
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No Running, No Diving, No Petting
by Brian Perry
Sorry not an integral pool at the new HQ but the garage floor ready to receive ‘ready-mix’. The garage floor will be at ground level and you step up into the adjoining store room at the rear.
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19.07.2018
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Noah’s HQ
by Brian Perry
Floor is 9 courses of brick above ground level at the Staines Lane end of the HQ – could leave the HQ as an ‘island’ in the flood. Probably for the best.
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19.07.2018
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Tetris
by Brian Perry
You have seen the floor parts now see how they are assembled.
1) Floor area dictates the number of concrete beams on the steels and their spacing using concrete blocks as infill.
2) Steels are bolted to the brickwork pads for a level off the ground floor – in case it floods!
3) Concete blocks put between the concrete beams
4) Like a children’s game ‘Thermalite’ blocks moved to fill in the gaps.
The new HQ floor will be finished TODAY – now to build UP, first with wooden frame.
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11.07.2018
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Floored
by Brian Perry
Floor steels starting to be assembled off the ground – new HQ starting to take shape – should be finished this week
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10.07.2018
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Delivery
by Brian Perry
The only way now is UP with the arrival this morning of the floor beams – floor steels should arrive tomorrow
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08.07.2018
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Earning a cool drink in the shade!
by Brian Perry
End of Week 3 sees the groundworks and bricklaying done despite the very hot weather and the need for shade! The HQ is taking shape.
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05.07.2018
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Pads
by Brian Perry
Pad building coming along fine – should be finished by end of the week providing it doesn’t rain – it is Wimbledon and it always rains then, right?
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04.07.2018
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Bricking it
by Brian Perry
Excellent progress being made – concrete foundations and pads done – brickwork started. Looking forward to the arrival of the beams
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02.07.2018
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Mix master!
by Brian Perry
Early Monday 2nd July – ‘ready-mix’ tankers rolling up & down Staines Lane – must be filling the foundations and pads at the HQ site.
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30.06.2018
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Dig for victory!
by Brian Perry
Now the end of Week 2. Excavations completed with foundations and pads ready to receive concrete – digging he do well!?!
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28.06.2018
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Nothing to see here!
by Brian Perry
It’s the end of Week 1 on the build – site set up in readiness for Week 2 excavation. The temporary public entrance to the Recreation Ground from Staines Lane installed. Let the build begin…
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30.06.2018
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Fences Up!
by Toby Athersuch
Preparations for the groundworks have begun, with barrier fencing erected to keep the site safe and secure. Much excitement that this HQ is going to be a real thins soon!
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18.06.2018
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Mayor Attends Ground Breaking Ceremony
by Toby Athersuch
Cllr Dolsie Clarke came to help celebrate the start of the HQ build.
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16.06.2018
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HQ Build to Commence
An open letter by David Moore.
Dear Parents, leaders, Committee & Friends.
On the 8th February 2008 I wrote a letter to the borough treasurer asking if there was a possibility of relocating 1st Chertsey Scout Group. After a number of sites were identified we were offered a lease on the Staines Lane recreation ground as the site for a new HQ build.
I can finally tell you all that on Monday 18th June 2018 Longman Developments will start work on site to build Chertsey Scouts a new home & secure our future. That’s 3783 days, 10 years, 4 months, & 4 days since posting the letter to the council.
It’s not been an easy journey, we had many setbacks along the way. I would especially like to thank all those who have been involved in the project so far, Thorpe Park for the initial help with planning and Dr Brian Perry for his tireless work over the past few years in helping us through the complex planning process.
Although the build starts Monday the fundraising behind the scenes needs to carry on and ramp up. There is still a significant shortfall to complete the build of around 65k. We need all the help we can muster in raising the required funds to complete the fit out of the new HQ. If anybody is able to help with this then please make contact with the group.
There will be a ground breaking ceremony at the site with the Mayor of Runnymede hopefully early next week I will keep you all informed.
We will be keeping you up to date with the progress of the build on our Website & Chertsey Scouts Facebook.
Kind Regards
David Moore
Group Scout Leader
