Tender: Barbican Arts Centre Conservatory and Stair 8 Glazed Envelope Design-and-Build

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Barbican Renewal Programme is seeking a supplier for a bespoke glazed envelope design-and-build package for the Barbican Arts Centre, delivering new glazed envelope and façade systems to the Conservatory and Stair 8 after demolition (by others) of the existing glazing. The works include primary steel structure for the Conservatory and Terrace as part of the contractor design portion; Conservatory roof and vertical glazing with louvres, vents, perimeter benches, insulation, aluminium panelling, doors and associated gutters including the Arid House; a re-glazed Conservatory lantern and Level 02 office roof lights with associated overhead glazing; Garden Room glazing and doors with refurbished steel framing to Lakeside Terrace, new acoustic double glazing/doorsets, overhead and Conservatory-facing glazing and plant-room gutter louvre/infill; a new Level 04 Conservatory Terrace enclosure with bespoke steel T-profile vertical glazing and roof steelwork; Sculpture Court roof lights (scope to be developed with the Architect and Façade Engineer); Stair 8 glazing and associated structure with crown/roof glazing on new external primary steel RHS mullions, planters glazing renewal, automated opening windows, exoskeleton mullion replacement (contractor design portion) and crown mechanical louvres; visual and off-site performance mock-ups including façade and propagation bench, Conservatory Terrace and Fly tower infill glazing visual mock-ups and CWCT Sequence A weather-resistance testing; and façade access and maintenance walkways including the Conservatory Terrace mesh walkway and fascia panel.