The London Film School Barbican Project.

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LFS are looking for an architect lead design team to move the London Film School into Exhibition Hall 1 of the Barbican Arts Centre in the City of London.The design teams are to provide a full professional service to take the design from Feasibility Study (undertaken by Haworth Tompkins in 2012) to Planning and, subject to funding, to Tender and through Construction to completion and post-completion services. The design team should include:— Architects - to carry out the roles or Architects, Lead Designer and Lead Consultant. Additional Services include preparing a Conservation Statement and negotiation withEnglish Heritage, City of London and local stakeholders as required and providing full design coordination of all fit out requirements,— Structural Engineers - structural design and Additional Services including research and analysis of existing structure, reinforcing design and design of stairs, balustrades and secondary steelwork,— Building Services and Environmental Engineers - Additional Services including ACE Agreement 1 Design including G3.11, G3.16, G3.17 and G3.20 from G3 of Part G(b), assisting the Cost Consultant with lifecycle costing, below ground drainage, and soft landings,— Acoustic Consultant - design and specification of all aspects of acoustic isolation of spaces and of control of reverberation,— Cost Consultant - including cost planning, life cycle costing, risk assessments, value engineering, procurement advise, bills of quantities, compiling and issue of tenders and contracts, tender reports, conrtractual negotiations, valuations and agreement of final certificate,— CDM Coordinator.LFS will appoint a Project Manager and Cinema and AV Consultant separately.LFS have been awarded Stage 1 development funding from the British Film Institute and Creative Skillset, the UK's creative industries' training body, and will commence work immediately after appointing a design team to submit a planning application in April 2014. Thereafter an opening by Sept 2016 is being targeted.The Lead Architect must demonstrate professional registration and evivdence a minimum turnover of GBP 2M p.a. over the last 3 years. Lead Architects will be shortlisted further to information provided in the PQQ.