Tender: Demolition of CEDOS Building and Waste Transfer Station – Westbridge Site

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Client is seeking a contractor for demolition of two buildings on the Westbridge site: the CEDOS building and the Waste Transfer Station (also known as the MRF). The contractor must treat the demolitions as two separate projects because they occupy separate sites divided by a well-trafficked road and require separate securing; many Health & Safety requirements apply to both. The CEDOS building dates from the early twentieth century, was originally a motorcycle manufacturing facility for the CEDOS company (trading from the First World War until the mid-1920s), and more recently provided offices, training space and storage before falling into disuse; a condition survey concluded renovation would be prohibitive and demolition the most effective solution. The Waste Transfer Station is a brick-and-metal warehouse unit built circa the 1960s around a steel portal frame with steel purlins and bracing, clad in uninsulated asbestos cement cladding and roofing sheets, with an external perimeter masonry wall of approximately 2 metres. The pre-tender estimate is circa £400,000, with an estimated four weeks on site and an anticipated start in June/July 2026.