Albert Cross Design Contest

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    "description": "Glasgow City Council (GCC) is initiating a landmark architectural design contest to redevelop two prominent gap sites at Albert Cross, situated within the historic East Pollokshields Conservation Area. These sites were formerly occupied by B-listed tenement blocks, which were tragically lost to fires in 2019 and 2020.\nThe Design Contest is a call for architects to submit design proposals for both sites as part shared vision for the cross.  The contest will be run as a 2 stage process, commencing with the submission of an initial diagrammatic conceptual design which will be judged anonymously by the judging panel.  From this a shortlist of 3 entrants will be invited to develop their ideas further to the Stage 2 submission with Cost Plan and named design team, from which an outright winner will then be selected.\nThe depth and complexity of the Stage 2 submission information included should be in line with RIBA Plan of Work 2020 for an “early” Stage 3: Spatial Coordination (or for an “advanced” Stage 2: Concept Design)\nIt is envisaged that, subject to approvals and acquisition of the sites, the winner may be awarded a Design Services Contract to further their design proposal into a full planning application for one or both sites, at Council’s sole discretion.\nMore detailed information is contained within the Albert Cross Design Contest Brief which will be available on the Public Contract Scotland Tendering Portal.\nIt is our intention to publish all documents relating to the Design Contest on Public Contract Scotland Tendering on Friday 21 August 2026.\nThe Council will reserve the right to award a Design Services Contract under Regulation 33(6) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.",
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          "description": "To be eligible, practice must:\n1.Be RIAS chartered and within the GIA Glasgow chapter.\n2.Have the lead architect be ARB registered. Teams must accurately declare ARB registration status and any misrepresentation will lead to disqualification\n3. Participants must confirm their commitment to gain the associated insurances as outlined below for any resulting Design Services Contract, GCC requirements outlined below:\n(i) entrants employing staff shall maintain Employers Liability Insurance with a minimum indemnity of 10,000,000 GBP for any one claim and unlimited in the period\n(ii) Public Liability Insurance with a minimum indemnity of 5,000,000 GBP for any one claim and unlimited in the period\n(iii) Products Liability Insurance to 5,000,000 GBP for any one claim and unlimited in the period\n(iv)In respect of services to be performed Professional Indemnity cover to 3,000,000 GBP or any one event in the aggregate. It should be noted that this is a provisional estimated level of insurance, however, should GCC award a Design Services Contract Professional Indemnity insurance will be set depending on the value/risk.\nWhilst it is accepted that entrants to Stage 1 may not be operating at a scale that requires this level of insurance cover as standard,; it is required that all entrants, if shortlisted to proceed to Stage 2, agree to gain the required insurance cover.\n4. The participant will grant the Council Title to all existing and future Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the submission and all materials embodying these tights to the fullest extent permitted by law."
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        "name": "Lynne Cox",
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  "description": "The following information will be available to participants at Stage 1:\nAerial View overmarked with site boundaries\nAutoCAD surveyed elevations of neighbouring gables, with annotated datum levels\nEast Pollokshields Conservation Area Appraisal\nSouth Central Local Development Framework\nThe following information will be provided for shortlisted participants at Stage 2:\nAutoCAD file of topographical survey\nUtility Services locations\nPlease refer to the Albert Cross Design Brief for further detailed information.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32586. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\n(SC Ref:840241)",
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