Welcome to Building Watch!

This is where you can find out about the construction of the newest part of the Settlement, the Light House.

The building provides childcare facilities, the new ICT Learning Centre, training rooms, social spaces, and volunteers' work rooms.

Funded by Community at Heart, the building was completed in summer 2003.  Our website documented the progress of the building on a daily basis, and the photos can now be seen as part of the Picture gallery.

Pictures 

Follow the links below to see the story of the building in pictures 

Older pictures
Architect's drawings and models
Demolition of the cafe (July/August 2002)
Laying the foundations (September 2002)
Erecting the steel work  (October 2002)
Floors, walls and stairs (November/December 2002)
Inside the building (December 2002)
Interior and exterior shots (January 2003)
Cladding, window frames and plumbing (February 2003)
Progress on the top floor (March 2003)
Windows, wiring, and white walls (April 2003)
First bits of scaffold removed (late April 2003)
More scaffolding removed, and interior shots (Early May, 2003)
Finishing touches (Late May, 2003)
Nearly there! (June, 2003)
Last pictures (July 7th, 2003)