📋 Tender Overview
Planning and preparatory work are in full swing for the implementation of the project "Schieflage (Karl Lueger 3.5deg)" by Klemens Wihlidal, the competition winner for the permanent contextualization of the Lueger Memorial in 2023. The complex and challenging planning and implementation process requires the utmost care, as the monument's 3.5-degree inclination places high demands on structural design and stability. As previously reported, the preliminary investigations were already more extensive than originally anticipated. The tender process for the general planning project began in winter 2024 under the Federal Procurement Act 2018 (BVergG 2018) with the support of Schramm Ohler Rechtsanwalte GmbH. In a two-stage negotiation process, Architekt Neumayer ZT GmbH, a Viennese firm with experience in dealing with historic buildings and the renovation of monuments, emerged as the most suitable architectural firm from the tendering process. This procedure was chosen because, due to specific circumstances related to the nature and complexity of the contract, as well as the associated risks, it could not be awarded without prior negotiations. Helmut Neumayer and his team, together with Schramm Ohler Rechtsanwalte GmbH, are now diligently advancing the preparations for the public tenders in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Procurement Act (BVergG) 2018, which are intended to identify the most suitable construction company and restorers. Due to the complexity of the planning services being tendered and the construction, transport, and restoration work still to be tendered, as well as the required technical and organizational collaboration of many different experts from a wide range of disciplines, the preparation of the documents for the planning tender already issued and the subsequent construction and restoration tender took and continues to take more time than a standard procurement procedure. In order to keep the construction phase as compact as possible and to minimize the restrictions on the square, whose open space quality is appreciated by many Viennese residents and visitors to Vienna, the construction site will start in 2026 and, depending on the outstanding tenders, is expected to be completed in the summer. During the preparatory work, the future appearance of the monument's surfaces was determined in consultation with the Federal Monuments Office. The bronze figure will be cleaned while preserving its typical green patina. The chipped parts of the sculptures and reliefs on the pedestal will be restored, and the layers of paint and bitumen applied to the monument during the protests will also be removed. Architects Neumayer, founded in 1991, is an experienced Viennese firm with particular expertise in the field of historic buildings and monuments. Reference projects for their experience in the restoration and expansion of listed buildings include the Mauerbach Charterhouse, the Vienna Franciscan Monastery, the Hofburg, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Natural History Museum. Examples of her work in the field of remembrance culture and monument preservation include the Mauthausen Memorial, the Jewish cemeteries in Linz and Kobersdorf, and the Tegetthoff and Maria Theresa monuments in Vienna. Further information on the prehistory, the Lueger Memorial, and its context can be found here. Art in Public Space Vienna Sandra Voser Phone: +4313610199-0 Email: office@koer.or.at Website: www.koer.or.at
