GB-Benfleet: EPP0121 Solar Panels for Waterside Farm Leisure Centre

Description

Castle Point Borough Council is seeking tenders from suitable and qualified contractors for the installation of solar photovoltaics system and associated work over the metal sheet roof [of the swimming pool] at the Waterside Farm Leisure Centre. The swimming pool roof is part of the Waterside Farm Leisure Centre building and is located on the Western end of the building (the other roofs are not part of this Solar PV installation scheme). The Leisure Centre is part of the Waterside Farm Site, surrounded by service roads, sports fields, and parking areas. The swimming pool building is adjacent to the nearby St John Ambulance building, the A1 Motorbike training area to the south, and the Canvey Miniature Railway to the northwest. The B1014 Somnes Avenue and the A130 Canvey Road border the site boundaries. Know hazards associated with the works include (but are not limited); •Working at height [upon the roof/scaffold], risk of falls, •Working on a roof deck [above the swimming pool], •Dropping materials and tools from height. •Unauthorised access and the risk of vandalism •Vehicular access risk of collision, deliveries and access through the Waterside Farm LC site and carpark •Scaffold erection/removal and risk of collapse & risk of obstructing emergency routes from the Leisure Centre •The Scaffold design, by placing loads on the existing building •Risk of damage to the existing external M&E Plant and equipment to the western side elevation located on the adjacent flat roof.

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