IA2682 Interpretation Design Scheme for the Staffordshire History Centre

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Staffordshire County Council and The William Salt Library Trust are working in partnership to deliver a complex heritage project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Council will be awarding a construction contractor to carry out the works on the buildings in question being the Staffordshire Record Office and the Grade II* listed William Salt Library, which are located on the same site in a close proximity but currently separate with the two services operating in tandem. The construction contractor will be linking Staffordshire Record Office and the William Salt Library to create 550 square metres of fully accessible public space known as the Staffordshire History Centre. It will include spaces for learning, events and exhibitions whilst retaining quiet study areas for research. For this tender the Council wish to appoint a design consultant to provide an interpretation design scheme for the Staffordshire History Centre. The successful consultant will also be required to do the following: •liaise closely with the SHC Project Team, the designers and contractors throughout the process •contribute to the evaluation of the design, build and installation of the interpretation scheme •attend regular meetings with the project architects •project manage the installation of the interpretation plan