Wigan Council Civic Centre Refurbishment Enabling Works

Description

Wigan Council wish to employ a main contractor to deliver enabling works at the former Wigan Civic Centre, a 1960s four-storey brutalist concrete building. The wider project involves conversion of the building into market leading workspace, with associated amenities including a rooftop terrace, mini-cine, gym studio and co-working space. The key design principle is delivering an exemplar development whilst retaining and repurposing the existing building and brutalist features. Broadly the enabling works comprise: • Removal of all asbestos from the building • Full internal strip out • Removal of external paint and apparatus • Internal paint removal to concrete soffit, columns and walls • Creation of structural openings for feature reception and access to roof • Concrete repairs • Installation of temporary fire detection system and emergency lighting