Royal British Columbia Museum Collections and Research Building Project
Seeking a partner to design and build a new Collections and Research Building in Colwood, British Columbia to protect and preserve the province’s collections and archival records.
Royal British Columbia Museum Collections and Research Building Project
Project Details
Project Description: The Royal British Columbia Museum is seeking a partner to design and build a new Collections and Research Building in Colwood, British Columbia to protect and preserve the province’s collections and archival records.
The building will be constructed utilizing mass timber and will implement sustainable strategies to achieve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The project will be procured using a design-build model to provide the best value to British Columbians, leveraging private sector innovation and expertise.
The Project will include:
Key program areas include public viewing and learning spaces, research and laboratories, collections storage areas, archive storage and reference rooms.
| Client: | Royal British Columbia Museum |
| Project delivered by: | Transportation Investment Corporation |
| Contract Price: | $204.8 million |
| Total Project Budget: | $270 million |
| Partner: | Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd. |
| Project Status: | Under Construction |
| Project Website: | Click to visit |
Milestones
| Request for Qualifications issued: | June 24, 2021 |
| Request for Qualifications closed: | September 8, 2021 |
| Request for Proposals issued: | October 26, 2021 |
| Request for Proposals closed: | May 17, 2022 |
| RFP extension and Invitation to Submit Revised Proposals: | July 29, 2022 |
| Invitation to Submit Revised Proposals Closed: | November 3, 2022 |
| Contract Award: | February 17, 2023 |
| Construction to begin (on site): | June 2023 |
| Construction Completed (anticipated): | October 2025 |
Project Updates
- Contract awarded for RBCM collections, research building
- Royal BC Museum collections and research building moving forward with procurement
- Museum modernization reaches new milestone
- New energy-efficient building to protect B.C.’s history
Procurement Documents
- RBCM CRB – Design-Build Agreement – Redacted
- RBCM CRB – Design-Build Agreement – Schedule 1 – Redacted
- RBCM CRB – Design-Build Agreement – Schedule 7 – Redacted
- RBCM CRB RFP Fairness Reviewer Report (Revised Proposals)
- RBCM CRB RFP (Revised Proposals)
- RBCM CRB RFP Fairness Reviewer Report (Original Proposals)
- RBCM CRB RFP (Original Proposals)
- RBCM CRB Fairness Reviewer Report RFQ (October 8, 2021)
- RBCM CRB Fairness Reviewer Interim Report RFQ – (September 22, 2021)
- RBCM CRB RFQ (CONFORMED)
Project Map
Project Contacts
Julien Bahain
Infrastructure BC
Email: julien.bahain@infrastructurebc.com