A topping out ceremony at the regeneration of Keynsham town centre has taken place, marking the highest point of the buildings being constructed.
The project is around one year from completion.
Working in partnership with Willmott Dixon, excellent progress is being made by the Council. The regeneration project is on-time and on-budget. Recent developments include:
- Completing the Civic Centre car park extension, retail structure and block work walls;
- Starting work on the superstructure of the buildings using a combination of timber, concrete and steel – this include the roof;
- Laying blue and white Lias walls using local stone on the retaining wall to Bath Hill and the new retail units.
Representatives from Keynsham Town Council, the local Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Council, Willmott Dixon and ward councillors were invited to see the last bolt connection tightened on the highest part of the Civic centre steelwork.
Councillor David Bellotti (Lib-Dem, Lyncombe), Cabinet Member for Community Resources, said, “Since we started in October 2012, Keynsham people can see great changes taking place in their town centre with exciting new facilities emerging, like a new library, new retail units, new One Stop Shop of public services and community space. This milestone also represents the one year countdown to completion of this environmentally friendly, energy efficient development.”
Neal Stephens, Managing Director of Willmott Dixon in the South West, said: “We’re delighted with the building’s progress and that we have reached such a significant milestone within time and budget. Working as sustainably as possible is also a priority for us and so we’re proud to be working towards the government’s highly regarded DEC ‘A’ rating on this build.
“We have also looked at employing local contractors, suppliers and subcontractors where possible- allowing other local businesses to benefit from this significant regeneration project.”
Keynsham’s regeneration – in numbers
- £34 million – amount of money invested by the Council in the project;
- 140 – highest number of workers on-site spending their money in Keynsham’s shops;
- £200,000 – financial saving to the local taxpayer resulting from energy efficiency measures;
- 6,000 tonnes – number of tonnes of concrete needed to complete the buildings;
- 10,000 metres – total length of wooden panels required for the internal/ external building appearance;
