Celltarga were awarded the contract to work with Roke on the refurbishment of the old manor house to bring it back into use on the estate as a series of meeting and training rooms.

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The works were undertaken in two phases with the first phase as the internal refurbishment of the manor house and phase 2 undertaking a new roof covering and structural repairs. The works were undertaken in this order due to the presence of bats on site and the requirement to work on the roof under a bat licence outside the breeding and hibernation periods.

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The works are first undertaken to soft strip the old manor of all elements from furniture and soft fitting to partitions, ceilings and old M&E. Once complete the works started to refurbish the remaining shell back into new Cat A office space. All new mechanical plant was designed and integrated proving new heating and AC cooling into the building. Integrating this sympathetically within the old Manor house was a challenge not just to the design but structurally to the building.

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Celltarga were appointed to work with the design team during the soft strip phase to complete the design and pricing of the work and to secure a supply chain who can deliver the high spec fit out of the space.

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The works included the fit out of the offices with new partitions, meeting rooms, toilets, and kitchens as well as new reception area and external works with new roof coverings and full external decorations and overhaul of sash windows.

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All external works were undertaken under a bat licence working closely with the ecological team daily. When bats were found the ecologist came to site to investigate and move them as appropriate.