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                              Gascoigne

                              Estate                                                                                                                                 Inthe


                                                                                                                                                                     Spotligh

                            Kane was appointed by main  contractor,
                            Willmott Dixon, to deliver  the £29 Million                                                                                              t
                            contract at Gascoigne  Estate. This 28-                                                                                                   Mariana Kopanchuk
                            month, residential  project consists of the                                                                                               Mechanical QS Engineer
                            design and  construction of 660 residential
                            units  contained within five blocks (C1,                                                                                                 Project: Gascoigne
                            E2, F, and Blocks I&J). The dwellings  within
                            Gascoigne vary in shape and  range
                            from 4 to 12 stories in height.  The                                                                                                     What does your role involve?
                            Gascoigne project achievedpractical
                            completion in March 2024.                                                                                                                My key role as an
                                                                                                                                                                     engineer  involves
                            Our in-house prefabrication team                                                                                                         checking  construction
                            manufactured 652 utility PODS, 4                                                                                                         processes,  creating and
                            energy centres and 4 cold water                                                                                                          uploading  Quality
                            storage tank rooms on this project.                                                                                                      Deliveries (QD’s) to  Field
                                                                                                                                                                     View, updating progress
                            Electrical works included the
                            installation of 20 car charging                                                                                                          trackers, attend daily
                                                                                                                                                                     progress meetings, make
                            points, fire alarms, solar power,
                            access control, lighting (to include                                                                                                     reports about our progress            At 10 o’clock Ihave a
                            emergency, street and                                                                                                                    on site. Ialso support my             daily meeting with our
                            catenary).                                                                                                                               project  manager and                  main contractor where                 Iwant to say a big thank
                                                                                                                                                                     supervisor with some tasks.           we                                    you to my colleagues
                            The mechanical works                                                                                                                                                           discuss the working area for          Alex Dyermelov, Kulvinder
                            completed  at Gascoigne                                                                                                                  Describe a typical day                the day, exclusion zones,             Kalsi, Jibin Anto for all their
                            included the 1km of                                                                                                                      working at Kane?                      number of people on site              advice. They have given
                            250mm district heating network which                                                                                                     Istart my working day at 6            and any site issues.                  me a    lot of motivation
                            forms part of the overall Barking town                                                                                                   am. Icheck my mailbox                 At the end of the day Imake and power to grow in the
                            energy network. Other works included                                                                                                     and  start to deal with               notes for tomorrow and write industry.
                            LTHW plant rooms, boosted cold                                                                                                           some office jobs: upload              some emails.
                            water tank rooms, sprinkler and mist                                                                                                     drawings and  pictures on
                            sprinkler systems, smoke ventilation,                                                                                                    QD’s, sign QD’s, upload                                                     Best piece of advice you
                            underfloor heating, sanitaryware and                                                                                                     our forms to the Field View           Best thing about working at           have ever been given?
                            ventilation systems.                                                                                                                     system. Ithen make  my                Kane?                                 Try your best but never
                                                                                                                                                                     plan for the day, such as             The best thing which makes            stress too much. Another
                            Well done to the entire team for                                                                                                         where Ineed to go, which              me happy at work ismy                 day iscoming and all will
                            the works delivered at                                                                                                                   QD Ineed to create, sign,             team!                                 be good!
                            Gascoigne, we wish everyone                                                                                                              check snags, close it etc.
                            well as we enter the post                                                                                                                                                      It’s my first job in the
                            completion stages of the                                                                                                                 After my colleagues                   construction industry and I’m         Tell us an interesting fact
                            project.                                                                                                                                 come  in, we have a                   so excited to work with Kane          about yourself?
                                                                                                                                                                     meeting  about our tasks              because my colleagues
                                                                                                                                                                     for the day. From 8am to              help me a      lot, they always       Ihave (almost have)  a
                                                                                                                                                                     10 am Icheck  working                 give me some useful advice,           Bachelor Diploma in
                                                                                                                                                                     areas and open hot work               explain a    lot of useful things     political science.
                                                                                                                                                                     or step ladder permits for            to me and teach me about
                                                                                                                                                                     our subcontractors.                   construction.






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