Decision details

The report that accompanies this decision is supplementary to the Phase 1 Gateway 4 Cabinet report (December 2023), below is the executive summary.

To protect the asset value and amenity and provide longevity of the Grade II listed former Queensgate Market (the building), parts of the concrete structure need replacement, repair and/or strengthening.

The additional structural works (the works) are required regardless of the buildings end use and therefore the proposal is to instruct them under the Phase 1 JCT Design & Build construction contract (main contract) with BAM Construction Limited (BAM) that is due to be awarded in July 2024.

Instructing the works through the proposed main contract, when BAM are already on site carrying out other planned works, will be cost effective and will ensure that there isn’t a delay to the delivery and operation of Phase 1 of Our Cultural Heart.

To agree to instruct the additional structural works to the former Queensgate Market under the Phase 1 JCT Design & Build construction contract with BAM Construction Limited and drawdown the funding from the Our Cultural Heart £262m allowance within the council’s multi-year capital budget plan.