Gateshead Quays will be a world class 11,000 seat arena, conference and exhibition centre, and dual brand 327 key hotel development. Sitting on the banks of the River Tyne at the heart of Newcastle Gateshead, the scheme is perfectly positioned between Sage Gateshead and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
Key Project Features
- Majority of excavated material cleaned and re-used on site
- Activation of a brownfield site with arts, leisure, and hospitality facility
- Significant community benefits and local jobs created
- Enabling Works, procured separately, include grouting of former mines and outfall sewer works
- In addition to the main building works the project also comprises interface with The Sage and various S278 works
Core Five Added Value
- Clear benchmarking of the project against similar schemes to identify premiums
- Contribution to contractor lead Value Engineering identified over 15% of achievable Value Engineering
- Rigorous checking of contractors 2nd stage proposals reduced target costs and risk
- Evidence based market updates provided in volatile supply chain period. Enabled robust check of contractors proposals
