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Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd Shareholders’ Committee - Monday, 15th September, 2025 5.15 pm
September 15, 2025 View on council websiteSummary
The Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd Shareholders' Committee convened to discuss capital and maintenance updates, along with several restricted items. The agenda for the meeting listed both routine and confidential matters for consideration. This article summarises the publicly available information from the public reports pack.
Capital and Maintenance Update
The committee was scheduled to discuss capital and maintenance works at the ICC Waterfront and Ulster Hall. According to the report pack, members had requested regular updates on these projects.
The scheduled discussions included:
- Waterfront Hall Chiller Units: This project was at Stage 2 - Uncommitted on the Capital Programme. The detailed design phase was underway, with consultants exploring heat recovery options alongside the Energy Management Team. The designs were expected to be completed by the end of September 2025, after which the business case would be finalised to progress to the next stage.
- Waterfront Hall Smoke Curtains: This project was at Stage 1 - Emerging on the Capital Programme. Consultants had completed a modelling exercise, and the results of the CFD model1 were under review by the Fire Officer and Building Control to update the current Fire Strategy. The report pack indicated that minimal works would likely be required, primarily involving decommissioning the existing smoke curtain.
- Ulster Hall – Lighting Scheme: This project involves the installation of an LED lighting display on the façade of Ulster Hall, capable of changing colour, similar to the City Hall's Illuminate scheme. The lighting project at the Ulster Hall was added as a Stage 1 – Emerging project to the Capital Programme in April 2025 by the SP&R Committee. Design and delivery costs are being funded by DfC2 and the Linen Quarter BID3. The contractor was expected to be appointed in October, with works taking place in February/March 2026. The front of the Ulster Hall (both sides of the main entrance and the metal canopy) will be redecorated while the scaffolding is up for the installation of the lighting system.
Restricted Items
The agenda included several restricted items, meaning that the details of these discussions were not available to the public. These items were:
- Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2025
- 2025/26 Quarter 1 Performance Update
- Internal Audit Update
- Review of Governance Arrangements
- Reserved Matters
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CFD model: Computational Fluid Dynamics model, a simulation tool used to predict the movement of fluids (liquids and gases) in various conditions. ↩
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DfC: Department for Communities. ↩
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Linen Quarter BID: The Linen Quarter Business Improvement District (LQ BID) is a business-led organisation that works to improve the Linen Quarter area of Belfast. ↩
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Meeting Documents
Reports Pack