The following are notes on the regular liaison meeting between Regatta Point, Thames Row and Bulger Development.

Meeting 22 May 2014
In Attendance Mark Varley & Martyn Brooks (Bugler), Stephanie Henderson-Brown (RPFL Director), David Nightingale & Julia Chen (Regatta Point)
Mark Fullalove & Sue Carter (Thames Row), James & Louise Muggoch (Chilham) and Leonora Saunders (Ciconia)

PROGRAMME TIMETABLE:

• Current Programme Delay 15 weeks MV advises this has cost in excess of £100k thus far
• Archaeology Ongoing Finds are very significant/ongoing watching brief from English Heritage
• Asbestos Removal/Soft Strip – All but completed
• Demolition start 22-May 6-8 weeks End 10-Jul Water suppression techniques will be employed to reduce dust
• Scaffolding Demolition Phase Start 15-May 6-8 weeks End 10-Jul Scaffolding struck (removed) after demolition, until construction starts
• Augered Piles Regatta Point Start end of June 4-5 days. Advance notice of this work will be provided closer to time
• Viewable Site & Building Plans End 10-Jul Should be on site to coincide with next meeting/No scale model
• Construction Phase TBC
• Long Stop Date End Jun-15
• Bricklayers on site Jan-15 Depends on progress/For rebuilding of RP boundary wall
• Site Offices Start 19-May  end Jun-15
• Completion Roadside Building Jul-15 has priority on occupation, but built at the same time
• Completion Riverside Building Oct-15
• Bugler Contract Completion Date Nov-15

Party Wall:
Most issues resolved on Thames Row side/awards should be granted soon/should not hold up works
JC & DN advised by MV to contact PW Surveyor Peter Messenger directly re concerns: SHB to provide contact details
Scaffolding Detail:
Regatta Mews licence pending/Regatta Point Access Licence Agreed / Thames Row licence agreed and assumed signed
Thames Row Boundary Wall:
The wall will be reduced to 2340mm
If not structurally sound, will be reduced to repair and then be rebuilt to the agreed height
Flank wall of building will be reduced to same level: stepping down to accommodate slope
Will be approximately 2800mm at Thames side (level of existing metal grilles)
Thames Row Access Visibility:
SC raised issue of problem with turning right out of Thames Row, since site offices installed
MV agreed that a domed mirror would be installed on the pole in the centre junction, to aid visibility
Regatta Point Car Park:
Car park space & loggia to be reinstated after works completed: boundary will always be secure
Car park spaces under scaffold may be used as normal (notice will be given if this changes)
Regatta Point Piling:
35 x Augered piles will be 16 metres deep, at 1.2m centres from RP wall
Regatta Point Mural:
Undertaking exists to keep at least 1 metre of mural: MV advises that significantly more than this may remain
Houseboat Electrical Install:
Cabling has been made fit for future usage
Cabling will remain on private land side, until it is installed underground, programme dependent