Barbican Renewal Programme - Joinery and Fit out

Package: TP4400 covers the supply and installation of internal doors and door hardware, fitted joinery, internal linings and partitions, ceilings, floor and wall finishes, fitted furniture and sanitaryware across the Foyers (FY), Conservatory (CN), Art Gallery Foyers (AF), Catering Block (CB), Stair 8 (S8) and Infrastructure (IN) work areas, with further provisional areas (Staff Spaces, Creative Studios and the Fire Door Project). The items are a mix of new, bespoke and refurbished heritage work, and internal doorsets and door hardware make up the majority of the line items. The scope within each area is summarised below:

• Foyers (FY) – doors and hardware: fire-rated and acoustic timber and metal doorsets (single, double, unequal, with vision panels and overpanels); new and refurbished heritage timber and glazed doors; fire-rated riser and shaft doors (noting electrical riser doors on movement joints); the refurbished goods lift door; front and back of house and WC doors; with door hardware sets and concealed SOSS hinges to maintenance access.
• Foyers (FY) – joinery and fitted furniture: bars, bar shelving and light reflectors; welcome desks and the cloakroom counter; storage and shop joinery; ablution bench, sink assembly and storage; Quiet Room cabinet and shelving; WC corridor and lobby benches; West Ramp balustrade joinery; the suspended timber lattice ceiling; new and refurbished mirrors; a timber ventilation grille; the timber handrail; and the multifaith curtain and internal blinds.
• Foyers (FY) – partitions, glazing and ceilings: finishes to fire-rated timber and plasterboard partitions and shaftwalls; MDF linings; laminated timber facing panels; terrazzo and timber partitions (terrazzo by TP4800); new and refurbished fixed glazed partitions; metal lattice ceiling refurbishment; and the raised access floor. The metallic leaf finish is a key quality point.
• Foyers (FY) – floors and finishes: new and refurbished clay paving; wood floating floor; Curve Gallery escape stair timber treads; heavy-duty entrance matting; reclaimed and refurbished woodblock; rubber sheet, sisal and broadloom carpet; resin flooring; brass stair nosings; plaster, metallic leaf and paint; and screed.
• Foyers (FY) – other: brass skirtings; refurbishment of balustrades and handrails and extension of brass handrails; new and refurbished grilles (price option); hose reel cover plates; the assisted-transfer hoist; superloo, ambulant, accessible and changing places fixtures and accessories and heritage WC sanitaryware and Advanced Works removals of the woodblock floor, MDF linings, terrazzo fixtures and the Car Park 5 ramp and access doors. The metalwork items above (brass skirtings, balustrades and handrails, grilles and hose reel cover plates) are priced as a separate option.
• Conservatory (CN): internal timber and steel doorsets – fire-rated, acoustic, riser and shaft access, store, lobby and office doors – with door hardware sets, including refurbished glazed doors to Frobisher Crescent; the mobile bar, Garden Room backbar, built-in desk, shelves and cupboards, gardeners office furniture and lockers, aluminium storage cupboards, terrace duct enclosure and counter, plant-on skirting, and the timber lattice ceiling and bulkhead; kitchen systems and WC panel system; fitted furniture, crash rail and motorised blackout and roller blinds; acoustic metal slatted ceilings; hygienic PVC wall lining, wall tile repair, woodblock, rubber and vinyl safety flooring, carpet repairs, epoxy floor paint and paint to drylining, concrete and steelwork; brick paviours; and sanitaryware. Level 02 Theatre Office: new and repaired carpet tiles and trims, plant-on skirtings, repair and reinstatement of retained cupboards and panels, repair of existing timber doors and new acoustic doorsets.
• Art Gallery Foyers (AF): doors and hardware; timber lattice ceiling and bulkhead; brass checkpoint desks and brass welcome desk; elm cloakroom wall and ceiling joinery with sliding pockets and elm wall lining and stable door; fire-resisting glazed screens and escape corridor enclosure; new and refurbished clay paving and entrance matting; rubber floor and paint; WC panel system; sanitaryware; and ceilings.
• Catering Block (CB): doors and hardware; refurbished hinged and fixed mirrors; elm hardwood window-height table and sill; wall tile refurbishment and paint; clay paving, urinal-area floor infill and entrance matting; heritage WC sanitaryware; fire and smoke curtains at lift and service openings; and the foot pump refurbishment scope.
• Stair 8 (S8): carpet to the stair; refurbishment of the retained brass stair nosings; retention and refurbishment of the existing glazed screen; and flooring.
• Infrastructure (IN): floor and steelwork paint finishes; plant doorsets and door repairs and verification; and safety and fire signage.
• Staff Spaces (Provisional Area): Internal doors, power assistance to existing doors, carpet, linoleum and matting, WC fixtures, fittings and panel systems, kitchen tea points, vanities and heritage ceiling repairs, acoustic wall panels and decorations, and the heritage sanitary areas.
• Further provisional areas may include: Creative Studios; Fire Door Replacement, Wayfinding.

Design Responsibility

The package’s doors, joinery, linings, partitions, ceilings, fitted furniture and floor finishes are generally Descriptive specifications within the design team’s (Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio) specifications: the design team sets the visual, functional and performance requirements, tolerances, basic setting out, typical interface details and the construction final issue drawings, and the Contractor completes the Technical Design. This includes system and component selection, detailed setting out, system construction details and shop drawings, certified data (including third-party fire assessments), and operation and maintenance information and as-built drawings. Where proprietary products are named, they are indicative only and the Contractor remains responsible for verifying their suitability.

Doorsets are to be designed to BS EN 16034 / BS EN 14351-2 as appropriate, and fire-resisting doorsets must hold valid third-party certification (BM TRADA Q-Mark, BWF-CERTIFIRE or an equivalent UKAS-accredited scheme) with test evidence for seals and glazing. Door access control is to the MEP design: the Contractor provides the door-side preparation (concealed cableways, lock cases and contacts) and TP6000 MEP provides the system. Joinery incorporating lighting, speaker or electrical provisions is to be coordinated with the MEP Contractor, with mock-ups to the final materials and finishes. Elm timber work is highly specialist and depends on the quality of the base material, so Contractor visibility of its sub-contractors and a strict mock-up and sample process are required.

Some finish systems, mainly floor, wall and paint finishes to the Conservatory, Art Gallery Foyers, Foyers and Stair 8, are Prescriptive specifications that are fully designed by the design team, with the Contractor constructing to the prescribed requirements.