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65th Annual Dinner

24/11/2019

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Last Friday evening was the Guilds 65th Annual dinner with a fantastic after dinner speech by Andrew Chaplin and the awarding of the Guilds medals to Emma Waitzmann, Sam Mayhew and Ryan Wales a fantastic evening was had by all
Photos by: @PeterSilkhbr
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Craftsmanship Awards 2019

14/11/2019

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This evening marked another great year of the York Guild of Building’s Craftsmanship awards with winners form a variety of skilled trades including stained glass, Joinery and Decorating to name a few.
 A huge congratulations to all the winners.

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York Community Stadium- Cinema Tour

4/11/2019

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This afternoon we had a second visit to the York Community stadium site this time focusing on the new 13 screen Imax Cineworld cinema, It was fascinating learning about the project and seeing the progress in the last few months from a shell to almost complete cinemas.

The chalanges relating to scaffolding were particularly interesting with it taking almost a week to erect and dismantle the scaffold in each screen and the total weight of scaffold in the building being around 200 tonnes. 

We thank Stephanie from Simpsons for arranging reaching out and offering this tour to us along with Jim and Andrew who showed us around.

If you have a project you think we may be interested in please get in touch.
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Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust Development

24/9/2019

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A very wet visit to the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust's vision to create a vibrant new centre for village life around the Folk Hall in New Earswick. The Guild were shown round the new £24 million development with the main building housing a mix of residential care suites and extra care apartments.

​The development of New Lodge addresses the lack of housing for over 55s in York, as well as providing links to the newly-redeveloped Folk Hall. This traditionally constructed masonry project has the latest technology installed to monitor and keep safe residents in an independent environment.
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Construction Skills Day 2019- Snowball plantation

22/9/2019

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30 Scouts and Guides enjoyed a day out at the Snowball Plantation camp site on 22nd September where they learnt how to build brick barbecues and then cook on them. Members of the Guild of Building supplied the materials, with bricks donated by York Handmade Brick Company, and demonstrated the skills needed to mix the mortar and cut and lay the bricks to construct a solid and sound structure.
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Malmaison York

22/9/2019

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On 17th September, members of the Guild enjoyed a sunny visit to the new Malmaison hotel currently under construction in the centre of York, with views over the minster from the sky bar. The contractors, Broadley Group, highlighted the challenges of working in a tight city centre site using Zone Manager a delivery management system. Sound proofing and interior design challenges were also highlighted.
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Goddards

3/9/2019

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Last week we had an interesting private tour of Goddards House learning a little about the history of the property and family as well as the ongoing maintenance required to the building. It was especially interesting hearing about how the implementation of constructionline as a pre-qualification requirement has caused challenges for some of the smaller and niche companies required to carry out specialist work in the properties.
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York Theatre Royal Façade Restoration

30/8/2019

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When the Theatre Royal York was remodelled in 1879 part of the original stone façade (by architect John Harper 1834) was relocated to create a decorative screen along the Fulford Road frontage. The arches now form part of a scheme to redevelop the site and as a consequence had to be professionally repaired as a condition of receiving planning consent.
Bradley & Trotter Restoration Ltd the master stonemasons appointed to undertake the work took tremendous care in agreeing the repointing specification with the City Council Conservation officer. Richard Bradley, who takes a hands on approach described the repair process and the methodologies behind them during a fascinating talk to Guild members earlier this evening
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Foss Barrier Tour

20/8/2019

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Earlier this evening the guild had a fantastic talk and tour around the Foss Barrier floor defences which are currently undergoing a large improvement project to increase their pumping capacity and defence capabilities. See below a few photos and concept sketches (please note we were unable to take any photos during the tour for national security reasons).
Many thanks to Steve for organising.
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1200 Miles for charity

3/8/2019

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Our master Michael Hamill has just completed his 1200 mile bike ride from Land's end to John O'Groats, the effort has raised over £1,400.00 for this years charity, St Leonard's hospice and even got a mention in the York press!

The 20 day trip lead Michael to meet many fellow cyclists including six Canadians and four Australians.

Photos from the ride can be found on the Guilds charity page.
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It's not too late to donate using the below link;
http://www.stleonardshospice.org.uk/Donate/Fundraising-Pages/View-Fundraising-pages/York-Guild-of-Building-Michael-Hammill
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  • Home
  • ABOUT THE GUILD
    • OVERVIEW
    • 65TH ANNIVERSARY
    • THE MASTER'S CHARITY
  • GUILD EVENTS
    • UPCOMING EVENTS
    • CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARDS
  • NEWS
  • MEMBERS
    • HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
    • MASTER OF THE GUILD
    • GUILD CHAPLAIN
    • MEMBERS OF THE COURT
  • CONTACT