Barbican Renewal - PM and Contract Administration services

The City invites Bidders to submit a Selection Questionnaire for the provision of Project Management and Contract Administration services to deliver the first major phase of work on Barbican Renewal.

The Barbican Centre is a major international cultural venue at the heart of the City of London. Attracting up to 1.8 million visitors every year, to attend up to 4,000 events, the Grade 2 listed site is a creative powerhouse and unique architectural icon. It plays a crucial role in the cultural life of the Square Mile, and the UK more broadly, generating significant GVA within the London area. The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre. Barbican Renewal is a major capital programme that will ensure every part of the Barbican Centre’s iconic site is restored, revitalised and relevant for future generations.

Reflecting the Barbican’s organisational purpose to be a creative catalyst for arts, curiosity and enterprise, this investment programme in the Grade II listed complex will celebrate the Barbican’s vision and design heritage, while responding to the creative opportunities and challenges of the future.

For over 40 years the Barbican has been offering a world-class programme of unique breadth, spanning every possible creative discipline, staged in an iconic estate of globally recognised significance.

Since it opened, however, the buildings comprising the Barbican Centre have deteriorated significantly, and an ambitious and strategic programme of restoration, transformation and reactivation is needed. This work will be delivered as a series of major capital projects addressing each of the Barbican’s unique spaces, delivering a sensitive and sustainable programme of conservation and transformation for one of the UK’s most significant post war buildings.

Barbican Renewal is a programme of capital projects, which will enable the Barbican to realise fully its potential as the greatest cultural centre in the City of London and the UK more broadly. These plans will deliver a site that is truly inclusive, sustainable and operationally resilient. By addressing every aspect of our listed buildings, we will ensure the Barbican is restored, revitalised and relevant for audiences now and in the future.