The Site
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Through implementation of the Heritage Operational Strategy |
In the case of the historic structures on the CPS Site, there are a number of specific things that are essential to ensure the long term health of the buildings is properly monitored. It is important that:
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The management team is properly informed about what is significant about the buildings under its care. This means proper information available to and induction of any new team member |
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A Conservation Management Plan (or a simplified version of such a plan) should be available to all members of the management team so that the objectives with regard to the fabric of the buildings is clear to everyone. |
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The Conservation Management Plan (CMP) should be regularly reviewed and agreed with all interested parties so that the plan and its policies are kept up to date with changing circumstances. |
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Part of the routine maintenance of the site should be a series of regular inspections of the fabric. These will vary from the weekly inspection by the maintenance man for blocked gutters, broken glass, dripping overflows etc through to the five yearly "Quinquennial Inspection" by a historic building specialist. These Quinquennial Inspections should be the basis of setting out the repair plans for the next five year period. It may well be sensible to tie the review of the CMP in to the same dates as the Quinquennial Inspection. |
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The fabric of the buildings on the Central Police Station site (which includes the Gaol and the Magistracy) is generally robust and has been designed for heavy usage. However, there may be areas of the historic fabric where new uses create more wear and tear than they have experienced before. A common example will be where areas that have had private domestic use become public. Regular inspections should pick up such undue wear and tear and it may be necessary to change some policies or provide temporary protection to help prolong the life of individual elements. |
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Where the environmental conditions in any area are to be significantly varied (by the introduction of comfort cooling or the insertion of a kitchen for example) it will be desirable to pay particular attention to the historic fabric in these areas. This will be best done by more frequent inspections and in some circumstances by environmental monitoring. However, for most areas of the building having them back in use and with relatively stable conditions is likely to be better for them than standing empty as they have for the past decade. |
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The Project Company will ensure that floor loadings should be carefully monitored by the site team. Appropriate uses will have been selected when letting the buildings to tenants to ensure that the use and the floor lading that can be permitted are in balance. Regular inspections should be made to ensure that tenants are not inadvertently adding to floor loadings. |
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