Station Hall
Client
National Railway Museum, Science Museum Group
Project Status
Complete
Building Grade
Grade II
Project Outline
In 2021, the Science Museum Group received funding from the DCMS for the repair and conservation of the roof on the Station Hall, at the National Railway Museum. Naomi was appointed to deliver the project from inception to completion.
The works were split into three phases:
- the delivery of internal projection, to enable the roof works and other building fabric works, to be completed above and around the National Collection of Royal Carriages and other significant rail vehicles
- to undertake the roof works and other building fabric works
- and to complete a light touch refresh of the interpretation.
The roof had been leaking for many years onto the collection and an emergency protection package allowed escalation of the protection, ahead of the main contract works.
Project Mandate
The appointment was split into two projects – the Protection of the Collection and the Delivery of the main works. Naomi completed the protection works, on time, over the course of 18months, to a cost of c£1.5m and developed the main Station Hall works to a point in time, where the delivery was then undertaken by others.
Facing Challenges, Delivering Results
The protection works within Station Hall were not the first protection works that Naomi had led for a Nationally important collection and she knew the importance of working alongside the Curatorial team, the Operational staff and the Estates Team, in order to deliver a scheme which was suitable for it’s location, whilst allowing access for maintenance and care of the collection and the building. It was critical to find the right Architect and Scaffold company to work with. Buttress Architects and 3d Scaffolding created design proposals which provided immediate protection from the weather and provided access and for the care of the collection.
The changing landscape of the organisation, the project scope and the physical external influences around the museum, meant that requirements changed regularly. There was a need to report changes, impacts and risks openly and transparently, on a regular basis through the Museum Groups governance structure. It was really important to try and ensure that the profile of this project remained high on the agenda to enable collaborative working across the site.
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