The Mount and The Willows Primary Schools- Conservation Fabric Repairs, Refurbishment and Creation of Three New Classrooms

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to appoint a principle contractor to carry out conservation external fabric repairs and refurbishment works to preserve this historically significant building and by doing so will allow three of the unoccupied first floor education rooms to be brought back into use as classrooms by The Willows Primary School, whilst upgrading circulation routes to for further classrooms to be brought into use in future.

The conservation repair and internal alteration works now proposed to The Mount building under this contract include;

a) The complete striping and recovering of all historic slate and plain clay tiled roofs (approx. 2,840sq.m), new lead fat roofs and lead coverings to three domed roofs

b) Replacement patent glazed roof/skylights

c) Chimney and high-level masonry conservation repair and consolidation works

d) Specialist DOFF masonry cleaning and re-pointing works using hydraulic lime mortars

e) 100% Replacement cast iron and uPVC rainwater goods

f) Repairs and alterations to the existing below-ground drainage system

g) Specialist overhauling and weather stripping of all existing timber sash windows

h) The removal of a ground floor glazed corridor link and two redundant external steel fire escapes

i) Internal alterations and fit-out works to create three new classrooms and associated toilets and storage rooms at first floor level

j) Internal alterations and replacement fire doors to ground floor corridors

k) Acoustic ceiling interventions to the ground floor dining hall and lobby areas

l) The installation of 3no. new replacement gas-fired hearting and hot water boilers

m) New electrical, heating, ventilation and fire detection and alarm installations to the new first floor classrooms and associated spaces