Source: City of Plymouth
Works to repair and protect the historic Council House building are starting this week.
The works will stabilise precast cladding panels on the Grade 2 listed building, which surveys show are deteriorating due to age and weather exposure.
Additional fixings will be installed on the panels and the joints between them sealed to help prevent water getting in.
A decision to allocate funding from the Council’s capital programme for the works will also allow further investigations and regular inspection of the panels.
Further scaffolding is being erected and the works are likely to take 18 weeks to complete. The building will remain open to the public throughout and meetings and events will not be affected. However, parking will not be available at the front of the building during the works.
Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet member with responsible for assets, said: “We need to care for public assets and these works are essential to protect both this important public building and the people using it. The listed status means the works will be carried out carefully and sensitively.
“We’ll be making sure disruption to the many users of the building is kept to an absolute minimum.”