The complete external redecoration of seven buildings within the grounds of Caversham Park (Reading), inclusive of the renovation works on Grade 2 listed Victorian-era stately home called Caversham House. The brief was to: assess all necessary renovation works, provide a suitable specification, obtain all necessary permissions, conduct tender process and later contract administer site actions and control quality of contractor’s work. The client also emphasised the need for close monitoring of the allocated budget. Challenges: - Client’s requirement for precision, high quality of workmanship and contractor’s supervision preventing potential short-cuts. - Work on eight buildings of varying scale, historic and functional importance, and architecture. - Extensive renovation, cleaning and repairs. - Varying scale of deterioration of the building fabric requiring from us a focused and structured assessment and classification strategy. - Work with stone, cement based render, brickwork, painted or slated substrates, painted timber or UPVC windows & doors, some of it part of the listed fabric. - Overcoming rising damp issues vs. listed fabric vs. extent and cost of repair. - Health and safety protocol concerning BBC Monitoring and Radio Berkshire operations and premises as well as construction. - Work with Bills of Quantities. - Contract administration and site inspections. Outcome: - 6-month-long building contract to modernise and repair the exterior of 8 buildings at Caversham Park. - Our service involved in-depth and sometimes lengthy site inspections and meetings addressing any ad hoc issue and contractor’s inquiries. - Well managed site and quality workmanship. - Good team work, attention to project details and response time. - Health and safety matters – CDM Regulations compliance – were mitigated well. - The initial scope of work was extended to include for cleaning of stone elevations of the Caversham House followed by extensive repairs to its stone embellishments – main reason for the extension of the Practical Completion of the project. - Good control of the building budget and contract sum, any extras and savings as well as avoidance of disputes and lengthy cost negotiations. - The contractor continued working on other maintenance projects throughout the site after project completion. - The team was awarder the Premier Trophy Certificate in 2013. Further read: https://marbleair.com/architecture/maintaining-bbc-caversham-park-reading-berkshire/