Small Works & Restoration
As leading specialists, Thomas Vale has been entrusted with the restoration and refurbishment of some of the most prestigious public buildings and properties.
Corporation Street, Birmingham City Council
The simultaneous refurbishment of facades on three large city centre sites has required extensive planning and organisation. Working with Croft Building and Conservation Ltd, Thomas Vale Construction are in the process of overhauling all existing sash encasement windows with resin repair and treatment and renewing terracotta and limestone facades. Phased sequencing has ensured that occupying businesses can function with the minimum disruption and that the public are safely segregated from the site. To meet stringent regulations all deliveries have been scheduled, with much work undertaken out of hours.
Contract Value: £2.2million
Birmingham Council House
Works were undertaken on both the roof and access area of the Grade I Listed Council House building. Roof renovation, façade repair and access refurbishment.
Contract Value: £500,000
Sutton Clock Tower
Having been broken for several years, repairing the clock that sits at the top of Sutton Coldfield Town Hall was a priority for the local community. The clock tower had fallen into disrepair - the masonry above the clock face was in danger of collapsing.
The prominent position of the structure and its close proximity to a large volume of the general public using the facilities below which includes a theatre and the local Neighbourhood Office meant that the works took place behind totally sheeted scaffold. The top of the clock tower was dismantled and re-built brick by brick in order to restore its stability. The clock face was repaired and the entire structure was cleaned by specialist contractors, Crofts.
Contract Value: £400,000
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
This project incorporatesd the internal strip out and refurbishment of three galleries and ancillary accommodation, in addition to renewal of the Grade II listed building’s external envelope, a project which has been underway for some time.
Again, working closely with Croft Building and Conservation Ltd, ornate external finishes were cleaned and restored on this city centre site.
Contract Value: £5.5million over 4 years