contractual arrangements

 

Wright Associates retain copyright to the whole of the above-ground archaeological archive for Barley Hall and to all Specifications of Works, Drawings and other Contract Documents employed in its restoration. Due to the amount of assembly work we had to direct in a short space of time (10 days) we decided that two carpentry firms were needed to prefabricate the framing and erect it on site.

This method of working would also reflect differences between the craftsmanship of the more utilitarian but monastic North Range and the more finished medieval work of the secular Hall Range.

McCurdy & Co. were chosen for the North Range and Houghtons of York for the Hall Range as sub-contractors both working under Hirst Ltd. of York, Main Contractor.

 

 

 

Builders normally receive payments from their employers in incremental stages provided the architect first certifies that their work meets with her approval at each stage. An Architect’s Certificate usually covers work completed on site but 90% of making an oak-framed framed building consists of prefabrication in the carpenter’s yard. The majority of our supervision and assessment of the sub-contractors’ eligibility for payment therefore occurred off-site in this instance either in Houghton’s yard near York or McCurdy’s in Berkshire (above, left).

In York we primed the Main Contractor to begin adding the roof covering just as soon as the assembled framing had been certified (above, right). The budget for this project did not extend to the luxury of full weather-proof protection of work in progress, which green English Oak doesn’t really need in any case.