IN Brief:
- The £2.1m programme covers a 38-home building in West Drayton and began in January 2025.
- The package replaced cladding and insulation and installed steel framing, cavity barriers, and improved fire-stopping.
- Homes England’s Cladding Safety Scheme supported the remediation; residents remained in occupation throughout.
A2Dominion has completed a £2.1m external wall remediation and building improvement programme at Union Wharf in West Drayton, bringing a project affecting 38 homes to a close. The housing provider says the work replaced parts of the building envelope that required fire-safety improvements and addressed other defects at the same time. Residents remained in occupation throughout the programme, which began in January 2025 following inspections of the existing wall system.
The construction package comprised replacement external cladding and insulation, a new steel support frame, cavity barriers, and improved fire-stopping. These components perform different functions within a wall system: the frame supports external elements, insulation contributes to the building’s thermal envelope, and properly detailed barriers and fire-stopping control openings through which fire and smoke could spread. A2Dominion has not released a project-specific fire-test classification or a complete specification of the replacement façade, so performance values cannot be inferred from the materials list.
The project also included a roof overlay, remediation to projecting oriel windows, and replacement balcony decking described by A2Dominion as non-combustible and A-rated. Roof junctions, projecting window frames, balcony interfaces, and penetrations all need to be considered when specifying external-wall remediation because their connections can affect the continuity of both weather protection and compartmentation. The announcement identifies these components as completed works, but does not disclose the installation details or any project-specific test results for the complete assemblies.
AD Construction Group acted as principal contractor, while Bellrock provided project-management and construction design and management services. A2Dominion says Ilona Lynch managed the programme, which was carried out with residents remaining in their homes. The published account does not specify scaffold arrangements, the order of façade removal, or the measures used to isolate individual work areas. Those details would be necessary to assess the project’s specific temporary works and occupied-building delivery arrangements.
Keeping the building occupied introduced a different delivery constraint from a vacant refurbishment. Contractors needed to carry out substantial façade and roof interventions while maintaining access to residents’ homes and continuing normal building operations. A2Dominion provided a dedicated resident liaison service for regular updates and support. That arrangement does not remove construction disturbance, but it establishes a defined communication route while access arrangements and work phases change during a lengthy external programme.
The housing provider says 80% of responses to its customer survey rated key aspects of the project positively, including communication, contractor behaviour, cleanliness and the quality of completed work. It has not disclosed the survey response total in its account of the project, meaning the result should be read as feedback from respondents rather than a measure of every household’s experience. The finding sits alongside the more tangible project outcome: the listed remediation and improvement elements are now reported complete.
Homes England’s Cladding Safety Scheme contributed funding for the remediation, while the contract also covered roof, window, and balcony improvements. A2Dominion reports £2.1m for the whole Union Wharf project; it has not separately allocated that total between cladding remediation and other building improvements. Nor has it disclosed the precise public-funding contribution. The distinction prevents the headline project figure being mistaken for a separately verified cost of replacement cladding alone.
Jessica Ward, A2Dominion’s head of building safety projects, said the completion improved the building’s fire safety and overall condition, thanking residents for their cooperation. Her comments come as the provider continues to carry out similar works elsewhere in its portfolio. It reports a further £11.9m investment in cladding and fire-safety remediation during 2025/26, taking cumulative portfolio spending to almost £50m, although those figures cover multiple buildings rather than Union Wharf specifically.
A2Dominion has a wider building safety programme spanning inspections, remediation design, funding arrangements, and delivery with specialist contractors. Union Wharf’s combination of cladding replacement and adjoining building-fabric work demonstrates why the scope of a remediation contract cannot always be defined by a single external panel type. The steel framing, compartmentation details, roof junctions, and balcony interfaces each require installation and inspection even when the new external finish is visually the most prominent change.
The housing provider has confirmed completion of the specified Union Wharf works but has not published a post-completion inspection record, an external-wall assessment rating, or an itemised handover schedule. It would therefore be premature to claim any independently verified overall building classification beyond the improvements stated. The £2.1m contract is complete, residents remained in occupation during delivery, and the next documented record will be any further compliance, aftercare, or inspection information issued by the project team.
