Priory View

Martin Arnold were appointed on this cladding remediation project as part of the Building Safety Fund Cladding Replacement Scheme by the government to improve the fire safety of this building in Portsmouth. The building was a medium rise residential building consisting of three connected cores around a shared playground and parking area.

The works comprised the removal of all combustible materials from the building’s facade which consisted of a mixture of render and timber cladding. We removed all cladding back to the original frame and rebuilt the cladding with non-combustible materials including Rockwool insulation, Y-wall sheathingboard and a new silicone render finish, as well as non-combustible ‘timber effect’ cladding panels.

Martin Arnold’s appointment included Employer’s Agent, Clerk of Works, Cost Consultancy, and Fire Compartmentation Surveys with Fire Engineers. Within these roles, we assisted the client in the production of the Employer’s Requirement, finalisation of the project finances and administration of the contract. We also monitored the works, issued instructions, chaired progress meetings and site meetings and agreed on monthly valuations with the contractor.

Our Clerk of Works played a key role in ensuring the quality of the project by working closely with the contractor. A quality benchmark was established early on for the contractor to follow which minimised snags and ensured issues were identified early in the process, ready to be rectified. As a result of our Clerk’s hard work, both the client and the contractor wrote to us specifically to commend his efforts.