What the buyer wrote
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of The House of Commons are undertaking key internal conservation and refurbishment works to the Elizabeth Tower, including waterproofing and addressing condensation problems as well as modernising the building to improve standards in safety, access and visitor and workspace facilities. Completed in 1856, the Elizabeth Tower was constructed using 2600 cubic metres of brick and 850 cubic metres of stone, all of which were transported to Westminster by river. Designed by architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, it took over 13 years to build. Renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012, to honour the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, it i…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Refurbishment of Elizabeth Tower
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- works
- Work starts
- 1 Oct 2017
- Work ends
- 28 Feb 2020
Who the buyer named
PPCS was the named contact on this notice.