 This week we went down into the plant room to see the shuttering, which is being used to create the concrete walls that will surround the room and will keep all the shiny new equipment clean and dry.
Once these new walls have been formed, the red beams will be removed, and new ones put in at a higher roof level. The new filtration tanks will be placed on the right of this photo. The plant room has been designed so if our chosen tenant wants to heat the water in the future, there is plenty of room for them to install the required equipment.
One question you might have - how do they know when the concrete is ready to take the weight of the new beams? The answer is they use a concrete cube test!
This involves taking a sample of freshly mixed concrete, letting it cure, then crushing it and measuring its compressive strength at a lab. They generally take 3 cubes, so that the concrete can be measured after different lengths of time.
 Looking towards the modular shower units, you can see that the ground in front of them is now almost at the finished level - it just needs the final surfacing laid. You'll notice that this is in line with the level of the bottom of the doors of all the units, which means there will be step-free access to all of them without the need for ramps to any of them.
Once the plant room work is complete, the haul road in front of the units will be removed and will also be made the same level.
 Elsewhere on site, other areas are taking shape. To the left of the the modular shower units, blockwork is being put in place which will become long planters, following the line of the existing concrete ramp on the north of the site. This will allow us to plant up the area and make it more visually appealing and soften some of the harder concreted areas of the lido area.
 Now, we know our subscribers like to know the finer details of everything going on at the lido, even what happens 'back of house', to put it politely!
Behind the modular units you can see where they have been precisely lined up with the new waste water connections. All we need to do now is 'plug and play' - once electricity, water and waste are connected, these units will be ready to use.
 In this photo you can see Parker from Switched On Portsmouth stood next to the iconic 1949 image of Sean Connery, who swam in the lido at 18 years old, while he was training at HMS Excellent.
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 The temporary overpass at Peronne Road footbridge is now reopened to the public. Please take care when using the temporary overpass. This has been put in place to minimise disruption during the work on the new sea defences.
With Peronne Road footbridge reopened, work is now starting near the railway bridge and the small footbridge here is now closed for the remainder of the project (until December 2025).
This closure is necessary as this area will be undergoing significant improvement work, including a new viewing spot with seating.
A diversion is in place (please refer to signage near the bridge).
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 In case you have seen it from the road, there's new play equipment at the park by Hilsea Lido!
The park is officially open now, so if you haven't taken the kids there yet, go and check it out. As well as new equipment, there's fresh sand and the area around the park has been tidied up too.
 SGN has reported work is progressing well.
Next week, all lane closures will be removed while work takes place in the verge to the south of Portsbridge Roundabout.
From Monday 3 March work SGN will then continue working southbound on London Road from Military Road until the end of March.
Once this work is finished SGN will then move to Northbound on London Road.
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