# Oculus Management

> Project Management & Heritage Consultants for the Built Environment

Oculus Management provides specialist project management and heritage consultancy services across the built environment, with particular expertise in the heritage, arts, and cultural sectors. Based in London, the firm works with organisations to plan, coordinate and deliver complex projects within historic and operational environments.

## Company Overview

- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founder**: Tom Billington (MSt, Cambridge)
- **Location**: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
- **Company Number**: 13063488
- **Website**: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk
- **Email**: contact@oculusmanagement.co.uk
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oculus-management/

## Services

### Project & Cost Management
Leadership and coordination of complex built environment projects from concept to completion. Includes project planning, programme development, governance, reporting, team coordination, stakeholder management, cost planning, and construction stage management.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/services/project-cost-management

### Heritage Consultancy
Specialist advice for the conservation, management, and sustainable development of historic buildings and estates. Includes condition surveys, conservation management plans, heritage impact assessments, listed building consent applications, and conservation-led design guidance.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/services/heritage-consultancy

### Strategic Masterplanning
Long-term planning for estates, cultural destinations, and heritage sites. Includes estate strategy development, options appraisal, stakeholder visioning, feasibility studies, and investment planning.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/services/strategic-masterplanning

### Cost & Procurement Management
Ensuring projects are financially viable, well-procured, and contractually robust. Includes procurement strategy, tender management, contract administration, cost reporting, and financial oversight.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/services/cost-procurement-management

## Sectors

Oculus Management works across the following sectors:
- Arts & Culture (museums, galleries, theatres, cultural institutions)
- Heritage (historic houses, cathedrals, protected structures)
- Education (universities, schools, academic institutions)
- Leisure (visitor attractions, gardens, recreational facilities)
- Commercial (corporate headquarters, office environments)
- Defence (military estates, training facilities)
- Faith (cathedrals, churches, religious buildings)

## Key Facts

- 25+ years combined experience
- 100+ listed buildings managed
- 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- £60m+ capital programmes delivered

## Selected Projects

### The Charterhouse, London
Grade I listed medieval site restoration across a 9-acre historic estate. Appointed as Project Manager, Contract Administrator & Cost Consultant.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/charterhouse

### Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London
Complex heritage programme separating 71 Fenchurch Street from Grade II* listed Collcutt House for this 260-year-old city institution.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/lloyds-register

### Royal Ballet & Opera, London
Project and cost management for works at one of the world's leading performing arts venues. Grade I listed.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/royal-opera

### The London Library, London
Heritage consultancy and project management for the world's largest independent lending library in St James's Square.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/london-library

### Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Capital programme delivery following government grants of around £60 million across UNESCO World Heritage Site estates.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/kew-gardens

### Durham Cathedral
Strategic estate management and conservation planning for one of Britain's most significant Norman buildings. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/durham-cathedral

### St Albans Cathedral
Heritage consultancy and estate management for one of England's great medieval cathedrals.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/st-albans

### Wentworth Woodhouse
Heritage consultancy for one of the largest houses in Europe, a Grade I listed country house.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/wentworth-woodhouse

### Venerable English College, Rome
Heritage consultancy and project management for one of the oldest English institutions abroad, a historic seminary in the heart of Rome.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/projects/vec

## Leadership Team

### Tom Billington — Founder / Principal
Founding director of Oculus Management, working at the intersection of heritage, the built environment, culture, and experience. Chair of Sunderland Culture, Chair of the UK Museum Accreditation Partnership Committee, member of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Rochester Cathedral. MSt (Cambridge), PhD Architecture (present).
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/team/tom-billington

### Gabrielle Grimas — Project Coordinator
Project development professional specialising in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. PRINCE2 certified, MSc Care of Collections, BA Religious Studies & Archaeology.
URL: https://oculusmanagement.co.uk/team/gabrielle-grimas

## Contact

For project enquiries:
- Email: contact@oculusmanagement.co.uk
- Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oculus-management/