Derby City Council progress with office refurbishment

BAM appointed on £35m rebuild/refurbishment of City’s Council House

Article posted: 22 Aug 2011

Derby City Council’s £35m project to refurbish and rebuild its Council House is under-way as it has appointed BAM Construction in the Midlands to deliver the new facilities, which are being project managed for the Council by Mace.

During the last few months the building has been subject to a strip out and demolition in preparation for the construction phase of the project.

Construction will see a bespoke One Stop Shop, a council chamber, members’ accommodation and new office space at the Derby city centre building which is set to be transformed into an A rated BREEAM excellent office environment.

The River Derwent will be harnessed to bring electricity into the building. Many sustainable features will be introduced and convert the building into an A-rated environment. The newly-created Council building will be more energy efficient and will the building’s capacity will rise from 500 to 1900 people.

Steve Roome, who delivered Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, chosen as Prime Minister’s Best Public Building, will oversee the project which will be managed by Jay Roberts who recently delivered an outstanding environmental office project for BAM in Solihull.

For BAM, Director Richard Dakin said: “This will be a striking looking new and refurbished building for the Council. BAM’s considerate style of building is well known across the UK and we’ll bring that together with a first rate team to deliver this major project for the City.”

BAM was also recently appointed by Imperial Tobacco to construct its new headquarter offices in Bristol in another multi-million pound project. Meanwhile construction work is progressing well to create new office space in Manchester with the development of The Co-Operative Group's new headquarter offices on a 20-acre site at the Northern Gateway of the city.

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Posted by Janet