NHM150 Western Galleries - Base Build Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health
This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.
The Natural History Museum has announced important transformations of its internal spaces ahead of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the South Kensington site, occurring in 2031.
As part of these transformations, the popular Dinosaur Gallery will be restored, and the Origins Gallery, the Old General Herbarium and the Swing Space, currently closed to the public, will be reopened and returned to public use.
These galleries are identified collectively as the' Western Galleries'.
The works in each gallery will be articulated in two phases: base build, which is the object of this tender, and fit out, which will be tendered separately.
The first works to commence will be the Swing Space in Autumn 2027 (base build) for an opening in 2028, followed shortly after by the Botany Library and the Old General Herbarium, due in 2029, Dinosaur Gallery, opening in 2030, and Origins Gallery that wil…
What the supplier must deliver
Creation of new plant rooms to support
Creation of new plant rooms to support the increased needs of the spaces.
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