PROJECT TITLE: New Resource Centre. Ref: 5869-Education Special Needs

PROJECT DETAILS:

Location: New Site, Stephenson Road, Minehead, Somerset.

Client: Somerset County Council.

Procurement Method: Selective Tenders based upon Bills of
Quantities, Drawings and JCT Contract.

Commencement Date: July 1998

Completion Date: April 1999 2004

Contract Value: £250K - £500K

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

The project was to construct the substructure and superstructure of a single storey L shaped centre on a new site. The building has a total internal floor area of 501m5 and accommodates three classrooms together with ancillary offices, hall, wet area, kitchen and storage rooms. The construction is of a traditional nature with the use of trench fill foundations, beam and block suspended ground floors, rendered faced masonry cavity walls with aluminum windows and external doors, timber pitched roofs clad in interlocking tiles. The building included high pressure hot water and heating, electrical installation and a special needs education fit out. Ancillary works include external services, drainage and site works.

CONSULTANT SERVICES PROVIDED:

The Pre-Contract Services carried out on this project involved the initial budgeting, the preparation of the Bills of Quantities and the reporting and advising on the selection of the tenders received.

The Post-Contract Services carried out on this project involved the continual cost monitoring and reporting on the project, the agreeing and certifying of monthly valuations, dealing with Contractual matters and the preparation and agreeing of the final account.