Works & Demolition Works

By Commerce House
18 / 10 / 2021

Commerce Chambers Ltd are seeking expressions of Interest from suitable Contractors experienced in restoration

and conservation of external facades. Exchange Buildings is a Grade II listed building, with massive potential,

ready for restoration. The works will benefit from a High Street Heritage Action Zone Grant which is part funded by

Middlesbrough Council and Historic England.

The works comprise:

Seeking permission for and erecting scaffold with painted plywood hoarding and lighting to public footpath,

diverting footpath and temporarily closing pay and display parking spaces

Cleaning and repointing the brickwork and stonework facade
Replacing damaged or missing stonework, brickwork, tiled features, and cast-iron rainwater goods
Remove and re-slate the Exchange Place facing roof slope with new underfelt and battens
Remove, replace, and decorate shopfront glazing, external doors, and sash windows to all floor levels of the

Exchange Place elevation

The works are valued at around £300,000, and will be procured via a Schedule of Works and a JCT Minor Works

Contracts. Tenders are due to be submitted on 1st November 2021 with a three-week tender period to be returned

on Friday 19th November 2021, with works due to commence in January 2022 and complete in 6 to 7 months.

The Contract will be awarded on the basis of 80% Price, 20% Quality. Ainsworth Spark Associates are acting as

Architect & Contract Administrators.

Any Contractor interested in Tendering for the works should send their company details, together with details and

pictures of three similar restoration/conservation projects they have successfully completed in the last three years,

to MAW Consulting Ltd m.whittingham@mawconsulting.co.uk by close of play Monday 25th October 2021.

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