Technical Advisors for the Future Ready Buildings Programme

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Norfolk County Council requires four technical advisors (2 MEP and another 2 Architectural) to provide oversight, client side, of main contractor designs as part of the Councils Future Ready Buildings programme that will provide a low carbon, fit for use estate. A main contractor has been appointed at the beginning of RIBA Stage 2, on a two-stage design and build basis to progress the designs up to the end of Stage 4 and subsequently to carry out the works. There will be no client-side multi-disciplinary design team who ordinarily under a design and build contract would have completed RIBA stages 1-3 performance specifications. Lot 1a: Technical Advisor for Architectural Services Package 1 and 4 Norfolk County Council is seeking to appoint an Architectural Technical Advisor covering packages 1 and 4 of the Future Ready Buildings programme. Package 1 covers Hubs, Museums and Offices. Package 4 covers Libraries. The appointed technical advisors will work alongside the main contractor in the first instance to validate the stage 1 reports and proposed interventions, to secondly agree design and performance criteria for progression through the next RIBA design stages, thirdly to then ensure that those agreed criteria are not lost as the design progresses, and finally to review and comment on the contractor's designs. Lot 1b: Technical Advisor for Architectural Services Package 2 and 3 Norfolk County Council is seeking to appoint an Architectural Technical Advisor covering packages 2 and 3 of the Future Ready Buildings programme. Package 2 covers Residential buildings. Package 3 covers Fire Stations. The appointed technical advisors will work alongside the main contractor in the first instance to validate the stage 1 reports and proposed interventions, to secondly agree design and performance criteria for progression through the next RIBA design stages, thirdly to then ensure that those agreed criteria are not lost as the design progresses, and finally to review and comment on the contractor's designs. Lot 2a: Technical Advisor for MEP Services Package 1 and 4 Norfolk County Council is seeking to appoint a MEP Technical Advisor covering packages 1 and 4 of the Future Ready Buildings programme. Package 1 covers Hubs, Museums and Offices. Package 4 covers Libraries. The appointed technical advisors will work alongside the main contractor in the first instance to validate the stage 1 reports and proposed interventions, to secondly agree design and performance criteria for progression through the next RIBA design stages, thirdly to then ensure that those agreed criteria are not lost as the design progresses, and finally to review and comment on the contractor's designs. Lot 2b: Technical Advisor for MEP Services Package 2 and 3 Norfolk County Council is seeking to appoint a MEP Technical Advisor covering packages 2 and 3 of the Future Ready Buildings Programme. Package 2 covers Residential buildings. Package 3 covers Fire Stations. The appointed technical advisors will work alongside the main contractor in the first instance to validate the stage 1 reports and proposed interventions, to secondly agree design and performance criteria for progression through the next RIBA design stages, thirdly to then ensure that those agreed criteria are not lost as the design progresses, and finally to review and comment on the contractor's designs.