Fortem were chosen by Sutton Housing Partnership to carry out 110 bathroom pod replacements on the St. Helliers Estate in Sutton, and we were there on to film exactly how two of the pods were replaced!
In the months before the lift day, Fortem developed a bespoke helical piling solution with Building Control to ensure suitable foundations were in place before the lift day, thus minimising the impact of works on each resident. The new bathroom pods, weighing 2 tonnes, were built off-site and shipped to the estate by lorry early in the morning on the day of the lift, ready for installation.
On the day, everything was clearly arranged, from road closures and traffic management, to the lifting and disposing of existing pods. Fortem had developed a purpose-built lifting frame with their supply chain, to remove each of the old bathrooms in just one lift. This meant that they could perform multiple lifts on the same day, with each resident left without their facilities for only a matter of hours. Within this short timeframe, the old bathroom pod was lifted out, and the new one was lifted in and installed ready for use. Due to the content of asbestos, the old pod was then bagged up and removed from site before being dismantled in controlled conditions.
In a smooth and streamlined workflow, our visit to the St. Helliers estate in Sutton was a really interesting day, and it was a great privilege to be asked to record this amazing process. We used short duration time-lapse, as well as additional filming and interviews to capture this project and record the work for posterity.
Mick Williamson , Managing Director at Fortem said “Regenology have been an excellent company to work with. The team managed to seamlessly capture the whole process despite the quick turnaround and many different aspects of each pod replacement. They offered suggestions which largely improved the quality of the video and allowed us all to see the scheme from a whole new perspective. We would recommend working with Regenology for their professionalism, innovative ideas and high quality end result.”
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