Wakemans - General - Bristol, Temple Quay

Date: 24 May 1999

UK-wide construction consultants Wakemans are playing a £200m key co-ordinating role in the Temple Quay development - a previously derelict brownfield site next to Bristol's Temple Meads station within the city centre.

The company has control of the co-ordination of the massive project for Castlemore Securities Limited - on 23 acres.

Martin Woodruff, Wakemans' Project Manager, said:

"Whilst this is not the largest project we have undertaken, it is certainly one of the most complex and comprehensive in the company's history."

Much of the work on the Regional Development Agency-owned site is being carried out in Wakemans' capacity as agents for private sector developer Castlemore's Securities Limited, including the £17m, 141,000 sq ft Department of the Environment, Transport & Roads (DETR) headquarters. Wakemans will additionally undertake the £4.5m fit-out of the building.

The site includes the new 150,000 sq ft headquarters of the Bristol & West Building Society, which will be ready for occupation in March 2000, as will Castlemore's speculative 50,000 sq ft office/retail development at 1 Temple Square, for which Wakemans are responsible for the enabling works.

Wakemans will also carry out further major work on the development as a direct result of their overall involvement. Having originally started work in Bristol in November last year, the company will be on site until February 2001.

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