Arts, culture and heritage construction

We’re a construction consultancy with a real depth of experience in preserving historic buildings and developing cultural destinations. So, from the earliest stages of your project, we’ll guide and empower your team. Whether that’s heritage project management or cost control for buildings of historical and cultural significance, we’re here to help you create extraordinary places that inspire generations to come.

Safeguarding your future

Why choose Pulse for your project?

Arts, cultural and heritage construction projects can be complex, but at Pulse Consult we’re right by your side, every step of the way.

With an outstanding record for working alongside both funders and national stakeholder bodies, we’ll help you make the absolute most of your unique property, creating a welcoming, inclusive place your community can be proud of.

Our team has a deep understanding of our built heritage. Through expert insight and advice, we conduct feasibility studies, prepare formal design briefs, assemble and procure specialist teams, finalise technical designs, manage construction, satisfy rigorous safety and accessibility standards and ensure a smooth, successful handover.

It’s an insightful, end-to-end approach that’s earned us a trusted reputation with clients including the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Ballet. We’re also proud to be specialist advisors to the Theatres Trust skills bank.

VA East Museum at Stratford Waterfront external render

Pulse were engaged as the RSC's Quantity Surveyors on our recently completed Swan Wing conservation project and the subsequent fit-out of our The Play's the Thing exhibition. Throughout their period of engagement they worked with us in a true partnership, helping to overcome some complex project challenges, thoroughly immersing themselves into our organisation and becoming trusted advisors to the Estates team in the process. Their rigorous financial control and reporting allowed us at all relevant points to keep the project on track. Consequently, and to no-one's surprise, the project was delivered on budget. I would have no hesitation in recommending them for work again with Pulse on future projects.

Director of Estates

Royal Shakespeare Company

Why Pulse?

Our arts, culture and heritage construction services

Securing vital funding

Obtaining funding can be crucial for arts, culture and heritage construction projects. We’ve built a strong track record with major funding bodies – including Arts Council England and The National Lottery Heritage Fund – and we’ll share our in-depth knowledge of procedures, protocols, requirements and restrictions to help you secure the funding you need, right from the start.

Managing complex risk

When your project involves preserving heritage properties or public spaces, that often brings complex risks and responsibilities. Our arts, culture and heritage specialists are here to help you understand and manage them, conducting risk and impact assessments, supporting you through planning and establishing safe, sustainable, cost-efficient practices on site.

Regenerating listed buildings

Listed buildings can be culturally important spaces, and we’re here to help you protect them, while bringing your ambitious projects to life. We’re highly experienced in the sensitivities listed buildings bring, as well as in practical, constructive ways forward – from in-depth feasibility studies to meeting English Heritage standards.

Building collaborative teams

We’re a genuinely collaborative construction consultancy, bringing together our own expert project managers, cost consultants and employer’s agents, and working alongside renowned external specialists, including architects, engineers, exhibition designers and contractors.

Keeping your doors open

However complex or ambitious your project, we know that keeping your doors open, and your revenue coming in, is often an absolute must. Through careful planning, risk management and rigorous health and safety standards, we’re here to make sure that happens from day one, until the work is complete.

The stats

RICS

Winner | Social Impact | English National Ballet

Civic Trust

Winner | London Road Cemetery

ProCon

Winner | Medium non-resi | Jewry Wall Museum

Some of our arts, culture & heritage clients

See our arts, culture and heritage expertise in action

Explore our arts, culture and heritage projects.

Frequently asked questions

Heritage construction blends traditional craft skills with modern conservation techniques to protect and enhance buildings of historic value. These projects often involve listed buildings, conservation areas, monuments and churches - each with unique characteristics that must be preserved.

Because of this, construction work must be sensitive to the building’s original materials, methods and structural limitations. Professionals in this specialist field repair, restore, alter or retrofit historic structures, ensuring any intervention respects the building’s heritage.

Heritage projects also come with strict regulatory requirements. Our team can help you navigate, interpret and deliver work in line with all necessary compliance standards.

Construction within the arts sector brings together architects, artists, creatives, designers and construction specialists to create spaces that support both form and function. This collaborative approach results in buildings that are not only practical but also visually expressive - often becoming iconic cultural landmarks in their own right.