More spa woe for Mowlem

Mowlem has come under fire from Bath & North East Somerset Council for its failure to provide a comprehensive construction programme for its £36m Bath Spa project.
The spa project is already running more than two years late and is now well over its original £12m estimate after paint applied by Mowlem's painting subcontractor EJ Manning flaked.
However, the council's report said Mowlem 'has yet to supply a single, complete and comprehensive programme'. This includes four specific concerns that could result in further delays for the project.
The main focus surrounds the recent discovery that the stripping and repainting of the spa's four pools is falling behind schedule because Dutch replacement subcontractor Bovitec is facing problems in meeting its end-of-month deadline.
The delay is due to problems with the grit blasting process on the pools because extractor fans were unable to cope with the amount of dust generated by the process. Bovitec has now adopted a needle gunning method - a much slower approach.
The hitch means only three of the four pools will be finished by the end of the month. The main pool is not expected to be finished until the end of August.
The council's scrutiny panel also wants Mowlem to explain the time implications for the fabrication, supply and installation of the pools' stainless steel steps, repairs of leaks in the spa's
steam rooms, and potential defects in mechanical and electrical equipment that has been laying dormant for two years.
But a Mowlem spokesperson said the company had "provided fully comprehensive construction programmes" and that delays were due to the "instructions being received to remove all the existing foam
concrete features".