Client:

The Jersey Heritage Trust

Contract Value:

£4.14million

Completed:

June 2000

Contract Period:

20 months

Quantity Surveyor:

Tillyard

Mechanical Engineer:

Ove Arup & Partners

Landscape Designer:

Colvin & Moggridge

Architect:

BDK Architects / Mac Cormac Jamieson Prichard Architects

Structural Engineer:

Ove Arup & Partners (design), Arup Rothwell (on site)

Project:

The Jersey Archive Centre

Brief Description:

This project utilised a revolutionary way of maintaining the repository temperature and humidity without the use of mechanical means, ie. air conditioning.

The project consisted of;

Firstly, stabilisation of the perimeter rockface as the site was in an old quarry, this included mesh catching structures, rock bolting and shoring.

Secondly; the construction of a two storey public reception area including plant rooms and service distribution point. A main two storey building comprising of public areas, archive research areas, administrative offices and staff facilities. A four storey repository block for archive storage with a link staircase and lift.

Finally, extensive external works etc.