Case Study: Internal and External Refurbishment Refurbishing a listed building to tight timescale The Copsewood Trust Atherstone Campus formally the site of The Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Warwickshire, required complete refurbishment of the three-storey Grade III listed building with bell tower. One of the greatest challenges was to restore the original look of the school buildings, which included essential timber repairs and re-painting of the rooftop bell tower, which had to be accessed by a bespoke scaffolding system. A full range of Zenith Contract Services Limited were contracted to include: minor works design and build for classrooms, washrooms and communal areas, general glazing repairs to the metal casement windows, new resin flooring for shower and change rooms, carpentry, rendering & plastering and finally complimented by internal and external painting and decorating. The school’s gymnasium also required need a tough durable paint product, so Johnstone’s PPG Technical Services department recommended their anti-graffiti product which has very good mark - resistant and washable properties. Client: Copsewood Educational Trust Project: Listed Building Refurbishment Contract period: 3 Months Further images are featured on the following page. Before Before Before Works carried out Painting & decorating (internal & external) Glazing Carpentry repairs Room partitioning New sanitaryware Restoration of radiators and handrails
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Case Study: Internal and External Refurbishment
Refurbishing a listed building to tight timescale
The Copsewood Trust Atherstone Campus formally the site of The Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Warwickshire, required complete refurbishment of the three-storey Grade III listed building with bell tower.
One of the greatest challenges was to restore the original look of the school buildings, which included essential timber repairs and re-painting of the rooftop bell tower, which had to be accessed by a bespoke scaffolding system.
A full range of Zenith Contract Services Limited were contracted to include: minor works design and build for classrooms, washrooms and communal areas, general glazing repairs to the metal casement windows, new resin flooring for shower and change rooms, carpentry, rendering & plastering and finally complimented by internal and external painting and decorating.
The school’s gymnasium also required need a tough durable paint product, so Johnstone’s PPG Technical Services department recommended their anti-graffiti product which has very good mark - resistant and washable properties.
Client: Copsewood Educational Trust
Project: Listed Building Refurbishment
Contract period: 3 Months
Further images are featured on the following page.
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Works carried outPainting & decorating (internal & external)GlazingCarpentry repairsRoom partitioningNew sanitarywareRestoration of radiators and handrails
With completion required for the beginning of the next school year, the project had tight timescales with Zenith increasing their workforce in order to accommodate. The tight deadline has also entailed working on site alongside other contractors.
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ContactFor more information, please call us on 024 7668 7167 or email [email protected]
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