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Monday 8 December 2014

Knowle relocation project .................................................... What do you get for a £15m refurbishment? ....... part two

Whilst the District Council seems to be unable to account for how the '£15 million' refurbishment of Knowle has been calculated
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project ... What do you get for a £15m refurbishment? ... part one

... instead, as suggested by a correspondent, we could ask:
What do you get for a £15m refurbishment? - Google Search

And such a search reveals some interesting examples:

Castle Drogo's £11m restoration adds to visitor experience

What you get for £11m:
The flat roof is roughly equivalent to two international football pitches. A high-tech roof system, designed by Bauder is being installed. This two layer membrane is designed to cope with the extremes of temperature experienced on Dartmoor.
In order to lay the new waterproof system, 2,355 granite blocks weighing 680 tonnes have to be removed and then reinstated. This will involve moving and reassembling entire battlements and large sections of the castle walls.
We have also had to redesign the roof gullies to accommodate the heavy Dartmoor rainfall.
Repointing; the cracked cement pointing is being removed and replaced with an improved lime based mortar. The sheer amount of new pointing required stretches to an impressive 60,000 metres (laid in a line it would stretch all the way from Castle Drogo to Lundy Island).
In addition some 913 windows containing over 13,000 panes are being cleaned and the lead replaced to stop them leaking.


Cunard building costs top £15m as Liverpool Council applies for planning permission to move in: Historic 5 storey building


EastEnders Elstree set revamp to cost over £15m:
A whole studio gutted and rebuilt


Stoke-on-Trent's £15m bus station opened


Royal Institution to undergo £15m renovation work:
Besides museum space on three floors, the redevelopment features expanded archives, a Young Scientist Centre, a café and bar - and the infrastructure required to support a huge increase in visitors to the building.
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