Tender: Carrickfergus Regeneration – Castle, Town Hall, Civic Centre and Courtyard Refurbishment (18-month Contract)

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Construction contractor needed to deliver regeneration works across Carrickfergus Town, covering refurbishment and restoration at Carrickfergus Castle and internal refurbishment and alteration works to the Civic Centre, Courtyard and Town Hall. Castle works are heritage-led visitor, access and facilitating works for interpretative fit-out and include removal of modern additions (Keep staircase, modular buildings, visitor building etc.), provision of a new visitor facilities building, new spiral staircase and passenger lift interventions within the Keep, improved visitor facilities, level access routes, a sensory room, a Changing Places facility, conservation and repair works, building services upgrades, hard and soft landscaping and other ancillary works. Civic Centre, Courtyard and Town Hall works include internal refurbishment of the Civic Centre to expand museum, café, Council office accommodation and public-facing functions with building services upgrades; upgrades to the Courtyard to convert a car park into an outdoor events space including a new entrance to the Civic Centre café and refurbishment of an existing single-storey building within the Courtyard; internal refurbishment of the B+ listed Town Hall, upgrades to Jubilee Hall (performance/events space), conservation and repair works, building services alterations and other ancillary works. Approximate contract works duration: 18 months.