Value    £50m
Size      8,202m²
Client   Liverpool City Council

One of the UK’s biggest library development projects being delivered through the Government’s PFI programme, to create a modern 21st Century library, with archiving facilities. Work includes restoration of the Grade II listed parts of the building and demolition and new build to other areas. The new look library will have a new entrance with ‘literary carpet’, five new floors, a new repository for 20 years of new archive space, conservation studio, rooftop atrium, re-opening of historical internal entrances to the Picton Reading Room and the re-opening of the International Library as a new children’s zone. As well as its role as main contractor, Shepherd also forms part of the Inspire Partnership Consortium.