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Hyde secures highest rating for cladding work
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yde has secured an A1 EWS1, the highest fire safety rating for remediation work at Gary Court in Croydon.
Gary Court is a nine-storey high rise building
and comprises 150 homes and several commercial units. It was built with what was later confirmed to be non-compliant and combustible elements. Hyde applied for funding, commenced the design work and worked with contractor Equans and consultant Martin Arnold to carry out the major work to replace all combustible elements of all of the external walls. An A1 rating means that the building is safe
and does not contain any combustible materials – so no further external wall work will be needed. It also means that Hyde and their residents have clarity about the external makeup of the building, knowing that it’s safe. And importantly,
homeowners are now able to sell and remortgage their homes. Te remediation project cost just under
£10 million. Of this, Hyde was awarded £6.4 million through the Government’s Building Safety Fund, meaning no charges have been passed on to residents. Gary Court was wrapped in scaffolding
for two summers – 2022/23, with the site compound completely taking over the car park and internal courtyard. Hyde carried the work out while residents remained in their homes. Te impact on residents was considerable so Hyde shared regular updates and held monthly meetings with residents. Te work also included redesigning the car park with a new pedestrian gate and lowering kerbs to accommodate disabled residents.
Luke Driscoll, Hyde’s director of asset
management and sustainability, said: “We’re really proud of the work we’ve done at Gary Court and I’m pleased to say this has landed us an A1 EWS1 rating, which is the highest rating that can be issued by a fire engineer. Making sure our homes and residents who live in them are safe is our priority. And, the work we’ve completed here ties into our Sustainability Strategy and Building Safety Programme.” “Tis was quite a unique and interesting project
because we removed all individual bricks – every single brick was taken down from the walls, cleaned, stored, and then put back. Tat’s more than 250,000 bricks! Te work we carried out will make sure we’re compliant with building safety regulations and keep our residents and their homes safe.”
VIVID maintains top regulatory ratings
VIVID has maintained its G1 V1 ratings by the Regulator for Social Housing. Tis achievement follows an in-depth assessment by the regulator and is the highest governance and financial viability rating that can be awarded. Te housing association is on a drive to improve
services so they’re easier to access and use by its residents, be better at keeping tenants informed and increase the speed of routine repairs. VIVID is part- way through a business transformation programme and is the first organisation in the UK to deploy Microsoſt Omnichannel for all customer contact. Its commitment to increasing the supply of new
Mark Perry, Chief Executive of VIVID
homes remains. In 2022-23 VIVID built 1,390 new homes, of which 88% were for affordable tenures, making it the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England. Tis year it has work underway to turn a contaminated brownfield site into a new waterfront community called Victory Quay, with 850 new homes, green spaces, commercial and recreational facilities near its head office in Portsmouth. Tis is one of only a few contaminated sites like this in the country to be actively moving forward, demonstrating the role housing associations play in regenerating large, complex sites and boosting economic growth.
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