Project Overview
Client:
British Museum, V&A & Science Museums
Project Name:
Blythe House – External Fabric Restoration
Form of Contract:
Bespoke framework contract developed by Baker Mallett
Project Value:
£800,000 to date
Location:
London
Services Provided:
Project Management, Quantity Surveying, CDM Services
External Fabric Restoration, The British Museum, V&A and Science Museum
Blythe House is shared by the British Museum, V&A Museum and the Science Museum and is used as a storage facility for numerous objects and collections that cannot be displayed on a permanent basis at the Museum; it is also used for research purposes.
The external fabric of the building has suffered as a result of lack of maintenance over a number of years which resulted in Baker Mallett being part of a team to develop a 10 year budget plan to deal with the backlog of repairs/restoration which were prioritised to suit the area’s most vulnerable in terms of dangerous condition and/or water ingress.
Thus, the works undertaken have entailed demolishing and rebuilding dangerously leaning roof parapets and chimneys to the Central Courtyard together with replacing damaged lead lashings, stonework/brickwork repairs and repointing and redecoration of windows and doors to all levels of each elevation of the Courtyard
