Nottingham City Council has earmarked the spend for urgent health and safety works, security and other costs.
The council said in a delegated decision taken last week that the money will be spent as follows:
‘Following the recent demise of intu and the winding up of those group companies associated with the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre the Official Receiver has disclaimed the headlease, resulting in the control of Broadmarsh Shopping Centre
returning to the Council as the freehold owner of the site.
‘Initial inspection has indicated that there are a number of urgent Health and Safety issues that need to be addressed on this demolition site, and the public right of way between Lister Gate and Collin Street needs to be reopened. The costs and description of these works can be broken down as follows:
1) Short Term Works ( £180,000) – This works will be undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine Construction, who were intu’s main contractor and therefore have extensive knowledge of the site and its condition.
2) Structural Surveyor Consultant ( £30,000) – MPN were previously engaged on the project for
their structural input. They have extensive knowledge of the building and its structure, and their input is urgently needed for this building at the critical stage of demolition.
3) Mechanical and Electrical Consultant (£30,000)
4) Site security (£103,500) – site security had previously been delivered by Intu Retail Services Limited, another of the
wider intu group of companies and one which has now gone into administration . The intention is that the security services will now be delivered by the Council’s in-house team but it has been agreed with the Company’s Administrators that there will be an interim period for an orderly handover of the services so that the Council can ascertain the extent and scope of its requirements. The proposed budget for security will include an element of service costs to be paid to the Company’s administrators, to continue site security up to 31st July 2020, after which time the Councils internal security team will provide this service up to 31st October 2020.
