The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, and the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features a call from the University of London on the restoration of its Grade II listed Theatre building, Goldsmiths College’s former chapel, with a closing date of 26 January, contract valued at £1.45M.
IHBC Chair James Caird said: ‘Our weekly Bulletin of current tender notifications to HESPR members is an innovative service that supports commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC’s standards and expectations. These weekly selections offer the wider heritage world a regular insight into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.’
Top tender pick of the week:
The IHBC Director’s top pick from the HESPR Bulletin for this week comes from the University of London for the planned restoration of its Grade II listed Theatre building, Goldsmiths College’s former chapel. This was ‘converted into the College theatre in the 1960s, named the George Wood Theatre, and currently is used as a teaching theatre by the College’s Theatre and Performance (TaP) Department. The 1960s auditorium enclosure housed within the Victorian building does not provide an appropriate facility for the teaching of contemporary theatre. The stage size in relation to the auditorium does not correspond to any professional model. The interior overall is tired, in poor condition and the former chapel requires attention to its structure and fabric… The University now wish to restore this Grade II listed Theatre building and reconfigure its interior to better use the existing volumes, to provide an up-to-date theatre facility and additional studios, which would also be able to be used by Academic departments.’
The closing date for the document call is 26 January and the contract is valued at £1.45M’.
Find out more about this opportunity
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