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Enabling Works Fox Primary School, Kensignton, London Presentation for ‘Drop-in’ Session for Fox Primary School Staff & Parents

Presentation Contents

• 1. Who’s Who
• 2. Where are the works to be undertaken
• 3. Preparatory works
• 4. How will it be done
• 5. Control of dust and noise
• 6. Control of Lorry Movements
• 7. Site Safety

• 1. Who’s Who?
• The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) – school owner and employer
• Soilfix – Specialist Remediation Contractor established in 2004 covering England & Wales

from bases in Avonmouth, Bristol and Rayleigh, Essex

• Golder Associates (UK) Ltd. – Environmental consultants supervising works on behalf of

RBKC

Who are Soilfix?

• Celebrated their 10 year anniversary in Jan 2015. Soilfix are an Award-winning specialist

remediation contractor working from offices in Avonmouth, Bristol and Rayleigh, Essex. Our core business is Remediation & Enabling Works.

• Proven track record of success in public, residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
• Soilfix staff have extensive experience in undertaking projects in highly sensitive locations,

including previous contracts with RBKC and remedial works to occupied residential housing estates.

• 2. Areas of working

• 3. Preparatory Works
• Erect timber hoarding / safety fencing with safety signage clearly displayed along with

viewing panels

• Implement a traffic management system to allow access to plant, materials & site personnel
• Establish alternative serviced facilities for school reception & children’s toilets within front

playground

• Enabling works to allow demolition of boundary wall to Kensington Place along with both Fox

Cottage and children's toilet block

• Establishment of Site Compound with welfare / storage facilities in the front playground
• Clearance of existing vegetation & furniture etc. to both embankment & rear playgrounds to

facilitate ongoing works

• Arboricultural works to vegetation & trees along embankment & rear playgrounds

• 4. How will it be done?
• Mechanical demolition of boundary wall to Kensington Place and both Fox Cottage &

children’s toilet block

• Specialist arboricultural contractor to fell & log existing trees, chip and remove small trees,

shrubs & vegetation from raised embankments & rear playground areas

• Excavator to gain access into raised embankment to commence excavation works, then

establish loading area for HGV’s transporting soils from embankment for off-site disposal

• Controlled & sequenced excavation of soils from embankment along western boundary with

accredited operatives and supervisors. Installation of propping systems along boundary wall with Palmerston House to maintain structural integrity at all times

• Excavation works will continue, loading HGV’s that will access from Kensington Place fully

compliant with traffic management plan

• 4. How will it be done? (contd)
• Excavation of raised beds within “quiet area” transporting soils to enable mechanical loading

from raised embankment. This will be completed with rubber tracked mini-diggers and personnel with wheelbarrows

• Clearance works to rear playgrounds (shrubs, vegetation & tress) then excavation as per

front raised beds with mini-diggers and wheelbarrows. This will be completed sequentially to minimise disruption to staff, parents and children along a segregated and managed route

• In certain areas operatives will be required to wear protective equipment (half face masks

and blue overalls) similar to that below

• Soilfix will implement environmental monitoring to ensure the soils are excavated and

disposed off-site under controlled and monitored conditions at all times with any potential nuisances (dusts, noise) managed at all times

• Works will be securely segregated at all times with either solid timber hoarding or screened

temporary safety fencing

• 5. How we control dust emissions form enabling

works

• Soilfix take a Proactive rather than Reactive approach to environmental

monitoring & controls

• Close consultation with Golder Associates to develop procedures for

environmental monitoring & controls incorporated into site specific method statements

• Environmental monitoring undertaken by Soilfix’s experienced site staff and third

party analysts (R.E.C.) for reassurance air testing All monitoring results to be referenced on site and recorded daily in Site Environmental Diary

• 5. How we control Dust / Odour / Noise
• There will be noise & limited vibration generated from the works. This will be managed as

far as reasonably practicable to minimise disturbance to the school & surrounding residents

• Noise Monitoring using hand-held digital sound level meter
• Selected plant only to be utilised therefore reduces noise levels to a practical minimum,
• nly modern, well maintained EU compliant plant to be used during the works
• Dust suppression measures include damping down working areas, fine mist suppression

equipment and covering / damping down stockpiles where required

• Soils will be removed off-site as they are generated as much as practically possible to

further minimise potential for dust emissions

• 6. What Lorry Movements will there be?
• HGV’s will be utilised to deliver the alternative units for

school reception & children’s toilet facilities, site plant & equipment, inc welfare units. The welfare units shall be placed with a lorry mounted crane

• Soils will be removed off-site by being carefully loaded

into 8 wheeled tipper lorries – dust emissions to be controlled and monitored at all times whilst within the loading area directly off Kensington Place

• All lorries will be managed on & off site by traffic

marshalls in accordance with the traffic management plan

• All lorries to be equipped with self sheeting to control

dust emissions

• Periodic movements of plant & equipment for the works –

planned within normal site hours & marshalled into and

• ut of the site.
• Plant & vehicle movements to be carefully planned to

minimise impact between 08:30 - 09:00hrs and 15:00 – 15:30hrs at peak times when parents will be dropping off & collecting their children.

• 7. Site Safety
• Soilfix will be acting as Principal Contractor under current Health & Safety legislation
• Soilfix site mangers will be First Aid at Work & accredited & asbestos awareness

(category B) trained

• All site personnel will be accredited with industry standard Construction Skills

Certification Scheme (CSCS) as a minimum

• All plant operators will be accredited with industry standard Construction Plant

Certification Scheme (CPCS) as a minimum

• All large vehicular movements will be marshalled at all times with reversing cameras

and audible warning systems (as noted within traffic management plan)

• Large vehicular movements will be restricted during school drop-off & collection times –

perceived to be between 08:30 - 09:00hrs and 15:00 - 16:00hrs.

• All works will be managed (as a minimum) to exceed recognised industry standards
• The site works are registered under the Considerate Constructors scheme, and will be

audited on a regular basis. Registration number: 86925

• 7. Site Safety (contd)
• Soilfix will undertake regular engagement with site personnel & Fox Primary staff to ensure

works are being completed in collaboration

• Soilfix propose to attend regular information sessions for school staff, parents & children
• Vision panels will be established within the site fencing to allow school staff, parents &

children to view elements of the woks whilst they are in progress from a safe distance and position

• All works will be segregated by secure timber hoarding & temporary (screened) safety

fencing throughout the duration of the enabling works