LTR Assists with Barnsley Civic Hall Transformation

Leicestershire based LTR Lifts and Escalators Ltd has been selected to assist in the £11 million refurbishment project of Barnsley Civic Hall.

Employed by Barnsley Council as the main contractors on the job, leading refurbishment specialists, ISG InteriorExterior has awarded LTR, located in Hinckley, with the prestigious contract.

The project, as part of an ongoing major regeneration of Barnsley town, will see the Hall, which was originally built in the 1800s and has long been the cornerstone of the town centre, completely transformed following years of disuse.

The project is part of an ongoing Council strategy to provoke an urban renaissance of the large Yorkshire town. It includes a conversion to create three new floors to contain office and retail space, studio workspaces, a design centre, and a new town hall assembly.

To enable easy passenger access throughout the extensive new area, LTR is to supply and install four passenger lifts and a disabled platform.

Patrick Homer, Project Manager at ISG InteriorExterior comments: "With a project of this magnitude, it is extremely important to work with people that you can rely on. Having worked with LTR in the past, we knew that Alan and the LTR team provide an extremely proficient and dedicated service"

Over a year into the construction side of the project, LTR is due to begin work on the first of the four lifts shortly. It is estimated that the entire refurbishment will be completed, and open to the public, by the end of the year.

Alan Dunkley, the managing director of LTR comments: "It has been a pleasure to work with ISG InteriorExterior on this and be able to contribute towards such a major development for Barnsley town centre."

For more information please call Alan Dunkley on (0) 1455 633760.

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