Purpose

The works to be carried out
by BAM are in preparation for entering into the Pre-Construction
Services Agreement (PCSA) with them.
 
The works include asbestos
removal, strip out, surveys and continuation of the design
work.
 
The initial pre-PCSA
instruction to BAM included for an intrusive asbestos survey which
has shown that there is significantly more asbestos in the building
than was anticipated and needs removing prior to any further
activity.
 
Within the PCSA budget
approved at Cabinet on the 21st January 2025 there was
an allowance for some asbestos removal, but with the quantities
discovered an additional £1,006,100 will need to be allocated
to this task. The other works covered by this decision are within
the budget allowances.
 
The removal of the asbestos
at this time will mitigate risk and disruption associated with
further survey works including structural surveys and the execution
of the future strip out, demolition and construction
works.
 
Whilst the additional amount
will apply to the overall cost of Phase 2, in the short term, the
cost of the additional works can be funded from within the approved
PCSA budget which covers the period up to May 2026.
 
This has been achieved
through negotiating a reduced price/scope for design fees,
refinement of the list of surveys and by moving the major
scaffolding activity out of the PCSA period and into the main
construction works. The appointment of BAM under the main
construction works is subject to the outcome of the
PCSA.
 
As it will take some time to
prepare for the asbestos removal it will be necessary to instruct
separately the design works for Phase 2 to maintain the
programme.
 
The value of the first
instruction under the pre-PCSA was £296,010, the value of the
instruction to progress the design work is £323,343 and the
instruction for the asbestos removal and other works will be
£2,733,222.
 
The works form part of the
£5.413m Phase 2 Gateway 3 to Gateway 4 budget which allows
for the pre-PCSA and PCSA periods up to starting the Phase 2 main
construction works on site at Gateway 4.
 
The decision will take
effect immediately.
 
(Delegated authority to
instruct the PCSA and pre-PCSA works was approved at Cabinet on the
21st January 2025)
 
Background
information

https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s61864/Our%20Cultural%20Heart.%20Cabinet%20Report.%2021.1.25.pdf
 
 

Content

To instruct further works in
the Phase 2 pre-PCSA period to ensure timely progress on Phase 2 of
the development.