Issue - meetings

The Russell-Cotes has received £1,500,817 from ACE MEND 4, which together with £359,317 of match funding from CIL and legacies will provide a total project grant of £1,860,134 to fund major urgent repairs to the Russell-Cotes building, services and interiors.

Payment conditions have now been met to enable the first instalment to be paid.  Conservation architects, Purcell have been appointed after an open tender and design work is underway.

The project is due for completion by November 2027.

The Museum Manager presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'C' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Public Report 

The Russell-Cotes had received £1,500,817 from ACE MEND 4, which together with £359,317 of match funding from CIL and legacies provided a total project grant of £1,860,134 to fund major urgent repairs to the Russell-Cotes building, services and interiors.

Payment conditions had been met to enable the first instalment to be paid.  Conservation architects, Purcell were appointed after an open tender and design work was underway.

The project was due for completion by November 2027.

The first major work to be done was new CCTV, that was out to tender and the work due to start early 2026.

The major work on the façade was due to commence Spring/Summer 26 and the building would be covered in scaffolding for 6 – 8 months.

The Chair informed the committee that the architect appointed for the work by BCP were very professional and things were working well.  The chair was impressed with the representative from Purcell and their understanding of the museums needs.  There were challenges with listed building consent but those were resolved.

RESOLVED that

The Management Committee accepts the report

Voting: Unanimous