Walls Come Tumbling Down...

Well the Yarm Cricket Club Inspired Pavilion Project is now well underway and here we are at the end of Day 4. As you can see from the picture below, the pavilion is now all fenced off and the Sport England 'Places People Play' banners are up.

I'm still trying to pull all the documentation together for Sport England, which needs to be sent prior to the 1st Interim Payment. This must be in the post by the weekend, as we are now in receipt of the contractors first payment application. Tender analysis, HSE F10, Certificates of Competence, Planning Notices and a letter from myself as Project Manager to address all other areas.

One area where we would love to improve on, is with regards to disabled access. This has proved very difficult due to the nature of the existing building and the budget restraints. The pavilion is situated in the farthest corner of the recreation ground and access at present is either via the pitch or the old cinder track. The cost of improving this access to aid wheelchair users is beyond our budget at present, but it has been added to our future development plans and will be carried out when the necessary funds are available. We will be looking to level, then relay the track once the pavilion project is complete and have forwarded letters to a couple of organisations requesting assistance with this work. We're currently awaiting responses and will let you know as soon as we hear anything/

The design does include for a disabled toilet accessible off the tea room, but wheelchair access in to the tea room is proving a headache. A permanent external ramp would not be suitable and if we were to remove the step then an internal ramp would render the space unusable for it's function. This is something else we will have to look at in the future, but for now unfortunately wheelchair users will require assistance to enter and exit the tea room until we can come up with a reasonable solution.

Back to the update, the view from the garage this morning:

The same view later:

 

 

It's difficult to show the increased space this will create in the dressing room, but when you stand in what was the garage it's amazing what a difference it will make. The away changing room will be extended into the existing kitchen to create a similar space later in the project. At present the kitchen and tea room is being utilised as the welfare area, but this will change once another suitable space is available and the contractor is ready to remove the kitchen wall.

 

So; week one is almost complete and although the weather has been horrendous we've made some progress. Kirk Developments will be starting on the earthworks next week, so this means Bill's Bog's days are numbered. This may be your final view, gone but never forgotten.

 

Back next week with more updates and thanks for reading. Donation details will hopefully be available then also, once we've found out our Gift Aid number and set up an online giving page.