Work starts on tower block regeneration
Work to demolish an empty tower block has got underway to make way for much needed, good quality social housing.
It will take five weeks for Tower House, in Chalvey, to be reduced to its component parts.
All the recyclable elements have been stripped from the 10 floor block before the empty shell is reduced to rubble and taken away from the site.
The work to Tower House is being carried out by John F Hunt Regeneration and is to be completed by October.
Since being empty the block has been used by the county’s emergency services to undertake disaster scenario training.
The area near The Crescent has been hoarded off and the entire site is earmarked for a new affordable homes development.
Planning permission was approved in autumn last year and there will be 193 new homes for families, a central green space and play area for children.
The plans for the new housing also includes features designed to mitigate anti-social behaviour which affected the lives of residents in the tower blocks.
Councillor Mohammed Nazir, cabinet member for housing, said: “The plans for this area are really exciting.
“Two dated and obsolete blocks of flats will be turned into almost 200 good quality homes for people on the Slough housing register.”
Steve Forster, managing director of John F Hunt Regeneration’s Industrial Division, said: “The Tower House project is progressing extremely well and remains on programme for its scheduled finish, enabling the next stage of works to commence on time, benefitting all those involved in the Chalvey area redevelopment”
We are asking for residents in the surrounding area for their patience while this work is carried out and the demolition company is using techniques to reduce the amount of disruption in the area.
It will take five weeks for Tower House, in Chalvey, to be reduced to its component parts.
All the recyclable elements have been stripped from the 10 floor block before the empty shell is reduced to rubble and taken away from the site.
The work to Tower House is being carried out by John F Hunt Regeneration and is to be completed by October.
Since being empty the block has been used by the county’s emergency services to undertake disaster scenario training.
The area near The Crescent has been hoarded off and the entire site is earmarked for a new affordable homes development.
Planning permission was approved in autumn last year and there will be 193 new homes for families, a central green space and play area for children.
The plans for the new housing also includes features designed to mitigate anti-social behaviour which affected the lives of residents in the tower blocks.
Councillor Mohammed Nazir, cabinet member for housing, said: “The plans for this area are really exciting.
“Two dated and obsolete blocks of flats will be turned into almost 200 good quality homes for people on the Slough housing register.”
Steve Forster, managing director of John F Hunt Regeneration’s Industrial Division, said: “The Tower House project is progressing extremely well and remains on programme for its scheduled finish, enabling the next stage of works to commence on time, benefitting all those involved in the Chalvey area redevelopment”
We are asking for residents in the surrounding area for their patience while this work is carried out and the demolition company is using techniques to reduce the amount of disruption in the area.
