Tag Archives: Skanska

Let there be light: Skanska finish the job, only four months late

Posted on December 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

Under the council’s newly embossed letter-headings of “Delivering for Croydon”, this probably counts as a Pyrrhic victory: Skanska has finally finished installing street lights across the borough – only four months behind schedule. Given that, as recently as May 2014 … Continue reading →

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Streets are so dark that even a councillor avoids them at night

Posted on October 26, 2016 by insidecroydon

Some of the borough’s residential streets are so poorly lit after contractors Skanska have “designed” and installed its “modern” street lamps, that one elected councillor has complained that she no longer feels safe to walk alone along some of the … Continue reading →

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Skanska create an unholy mess and leave Minster in the dark

Posted on October 26, 2016 by insidecroydon

The council’s lighting contractors are conducting a “consultation” of some residents in Croydon to discover how well the company is performing. Since they are carrying out the consultation themselves, no one expects the resultant report to be anything but glowing … Continue reading →

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Let Skanska know if you take a dim view of their street lighting

Posted on October 16, 2016 by insidecroydon

With the nights closing in, the council’s lighting contractors Skanska are seeking the feedback of residents. Maybe the people paying for the street lamps can cast some light on why it all seems to be taking so long. Skanska probably … Continue reading →

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Report prompts Skanska to promise to shift Purley lamp post

Posted on December 6, 2015 by insidecroydon

Where Croydon Council, and its councillors, fail to get results, it seems Inside Croydon helps to deliver required outcomes for residents. The latest example is with the lamp post on Brancaster Lane in Purley, which contractors Skanska managed to plonk … Continue reading →

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Skanska’s ‘lightbulb moment’ over Purley street lights

Posted on November 23, 2015 by insidecroydon

There have been plentiful and regular complaints about the quality of workmanship and service from some of the council’s out-sourced contractors, whether it be the shabby My Croydon App mishap, the trail of rubbish left after the bin men have … Continue reading →

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Shedding light on council multi-million contracts overdue

Posted on June 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

This website has, more than once, made the point that public services when outsourced to private companies rarely deliver equivalent service for the public, but they almost always ensure rich pickings for private profit. The shambolic hand-over of Croydon Council’s … Continue reading →

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Lights go out again in Addiscombe but Skanska are in no rush

Posted on January 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

Residents in and around Addiscombe have been left in the dark again this week, less than two months after filing formal complaints to Croydon Council over the service – or lack of it – from contractors Skanska when several roads … Continue reading →

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Lebanon Road residents left in the dark by “indifferent” council

Posted on November 18, 2013 by insidecroydon

Residents in Lebanon Road have filed a formal complaint to the council, accusing it of “indifference” to their plight, after their street has been plunged into darkness, with no street lighting for nearly a week, creating obvious risks for accidents … Continue reading →

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