Chatham Historic Dockyard
The Fitted Rigging House
Listed Building Sympathetic Soft Strip
Background
The Fitted Rigging House was constructed between 1793 and 1796 and is a large former Royal Dockyard storehouse building that is one of the most significant examples of early industrial warehouse buildings in Europe. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I Listed Building. In 2017 £4.8m of funding was secured In refurbish and convert the building. The project will convert the Grade I Listed building into a resource that will unlock the future financial sustainability of the wider Historic Dockyard site through repair, refurbishment and alteration of the building to provide approximately 3,500 square metres of commercial space and approximately 1,700 square metres of Employer's accommodation for it’s relocated offices.
Scope Of Works
Lancebox were awarded the contract to carry out the Soft strip works to The Fitted Rigging House in November 2017. Lancebox are highly regarded by the Main Contractor, Buxton Budding after working together on numerous schemes over the last 15 years. Due to the highly sensitive nature of works planned at the Chatham Dockyard, Buxton needed a Specialist Strip Out contractor that would be able In use their extensive experience to meet the high standards required for a building of this architectural stature.
Lancebox will be liaising with English Heritage throughout the works as even some items as small as a single nail have significant architectural importance and therefore cannot be removed. Fixture and fittings such as timber floor boards, support batterns, floor joists, metal ducting and framing are to be removed. Openings are to be formed in brickwork and existing timber board floor for services penetrations.
“I thought to drop you a line to say thank you for your best cooperation and completing the works in a timely manner and more to enable as to achieve the successful completion your works in timely manner and more to enable us to achieve the successful completion of the project. Your organisation and staff in site have been excellent. Particularly, your help with dealing with the the unforeseen discovery of the asbestos tiles in one of the buildings has been appreciated that enabled us to mitigate the delays. Many thanks for your services on this project and hope to work with your company again in the future.”
