Construction consultancy Pulse Consult has been appointed to provide quantity surveying (QS) and commercial management services for the upcoming £1.9m restoration of Tamworth Castle.

Working with Tamworth Borough Council and principal contractor Messenger, Pulse Consult will oversee project finances from feasibility through to final delivery. The firm will focus on maintaining strict cost certainty, while ensuring that the historic integrity of the 1,000-year-old structure is fully protected.

The project to restore the landmark scheduled monument and Grade I listed building is funded by Arts Council England’s Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) and Tamworth Borough Council. To minimise disruption to visitors, work will be carried out in planned phases, with contractors scheduled to start on site in summer 2026.

Daryl Woolley, director at Pulse Consult, said: “Restoring a building with nearly a millennium of history presents unique structural and financial challenges. Our role, drawing on our strong track record in heritage projects, is to provide the rigorous cost control necessary to navigate these complexities, helping the council deliver a sustainable restoration that preserves the castle’s historic significance for future generations.”

Ian Bird, regional director of Messenger, said: “It’s a real privilege to work on a local building of this stature both for our management team and local workforce.

“Repairing and conserving these buildings is vitally important and will give us an opportunity to engage with local people and the construction college to help train and expose students to this little-known construction sector.

“We look forward to working with the castle staff and project team in delivering long lasting solutions to some of the current problems faced with the castle.”

Councillor Lewis Smith, Tamworth Borough Council’s portfolio holder for people services, engagement and leisure, said: “This is not a straightforward construction project, it will require a collaborative approach from a wide team of specialists, working together to give our castle the love and care it needs, while keeping as much of it open to visitors as possible.”

For more information on Pulse Consult and its services, visit www.pulseconsult.co.uk