Omagh Bomb Memorial - Design Competition

Omagh Memorial Working Group invites submissions from suitably experienced and skilled Design Teams, for the design, production and installation of a permanent memorial to the Omagh Bomb of 15 August 1998.  It is essential that design teams have an appropriate mix of skills and experience including expertise in Landscape Architecture and visual art/three dimensional design.

Designs Teams will be expected to prepare proposals for the integrated treatment of the bomb site and the temporary memorial garden and the project will entail the development of a permanent memorial garden with a major public art element.

The total budget for this project is £240,000 with at least £100,000 of this budget being ring fenced for the public art element.

Full details of the competition conditions and the competition brief can be obtained from Mr Frank Sweeney, Head of Arts and Tourism, Omagh District Council, the Grange, Mountjoy Road, Omagh, County Tyrone, N. Ireland, BT79 7BL or they can be downloaded from the website of Omagh District Council, www.omagh.gov.uk

The closing date for Stage 1 submissions is 12.00 noon on Friday 25 May 2007.

Daniel Mc Sorley

Chief Executive