{"id":814285,"date":"2024-12-24T00:12:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/cambridge-seeks-contractor-for-55m-city-centre-redevelopment\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T00:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:12:54","slug":"cambridge-seeks-contractor-for-55m-city-centre-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/cambridge-seeks-contractor-for-55m-city-centre-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge seeks contractor for \u00a355m city centre redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/12\/Cmglee_Cambridge_Guildhall_dinner-1.jpg\"   alt=\"Cmglee_Cambridge_Guildhall_dinner-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Cambridge Guildhall | Credit: Cmglee, Wikimedia (image cropped)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cambridge Council is looking for a contractor to work on the \u00a355m redevelopment of the Civic Quarter in its city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The local authority is planning a refurbishment of its main civic and office space, the Grade II-listed Guildhall and improvements to the Grade II-listed Corn Exchange building as well as Market Square and its surrounding public realm.<\/p>\n<p>It is looking to procure on a two-stage design and build basis.<\/p>\n<p>According to a contract notice, the projects are currently at the start of RIBA stage 3 design.<\/p>\n<p>The successful contractor would be expected to work with the council and its design team through to a planning submission via a pre-contract services agreement before entering into a build contract once planning permission and listed building consent are granted.<\/p>\n<p>A report on the project, approved by the council in November, notes that it has been allocated a \u00a355m capital budget.<\/p>\n<p>It says the local authority would like to make around \u00a376m-worth of improvements but its constrained finances mean the Corn Exchange and Market Square will be fully redeveloped in two phases, with the first phases only worth a combined \u00a37.5m.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a341m refurbishment of the Guildhall will see works including an extension of the fourth-floor roof area to create a pavilion, extensive use of solar panels and major internal retrofitting to deliver net-zero enhancements, and commercial office space installed.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Cambridge could potentially relocate to the building, though the move depends on attracting external funding.<\/p>\n<p>A first phase of works on the Corn Exchange would see its roof replaced as well as insulation and solar panels installed to enhance its net-zero credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Initial works on the Market Square would focus on resurfacing the area.<\/p>\n<p>The local authority said contractors interested in the job should email or message it through the ProActis procurement system.<\/p>\n<p>It plans to hold a supplier event in mid-January, prior to the tender launch for the project.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image of Cambridge Guildhall (cropped): <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cmglee_Cambridge_Guildhall_dinner.jpg\">Cmglee, Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/cambridge-seeks-contractor-for-55m-city-centre-redevelopment-22-12-2024\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ian Weinfass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambridge Guildhall | Credit: Cmglee, Wikimedia (image cropped) Cambridge Council is looking for a contractor to work on the \u00a355m redevelopment of the Civic Quarter in its city centre. The local authority is planning a refurbishment of its main civic and office space, the Grade II-listed Guildhall and improvements to the Grade II-listed Corn Exchange<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":814286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3425,1720],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-814285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cambridge","8":"category-seeks"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}