Whittington Castle Project Management

Whittington Castle, near Oswestry, Shropshire   2004 - 9     Total value £1.3million
Sula project managed the restoration of Whittington Castle, probably the only community run castle in the country, for the Whitiington Castle Preservation Trust.

Again, this included the following stages:

• Commissioning a Conservation Plan
• Writing the Business Plan
• Applying for funding to cover the costs of £1.3million.  This included obtaining a grant of £950,000, from the HLF, plus £25,000 development costs, £60,000 from English Heritage, £30,000 from Defra and the rest from a variety of sources.
• Helping the Trust to appoint architects, quanitiy surveyors, archaeologists, interpretation designers, CDM and other consultants
• Drawing down all the funding
• Co-ordinating all the work on site
• Managing the budget and ensuring all fees were paid on time
• Arranging the opening by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in 2009

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