Our office in Bristol is working on three major cultural projects in the city, together with several major infrastructure and regeneration projects within the Bristol and Bath area, were appointed to provide cost management on the £25 million project.  Other members of the project team include LAB Architecture Studio; services engineers Atelia Ten; structural engineers Arup; Full On lighting consultants and project managers Focus Consultants (UK) Ltd.  The project is being led by Julie Finch at the Bristol City Council.

Frank Nicholson, Partner at Davis Langdon says, “This project will bring great benefit to the local community of Bristol, and an essential to the preservation of out dockside heritage.  Visitors will be able to get a better understanding of the city’s history.”

The development will be housed in the historic transit and storage sheds at Princes Wharf in Bristol’s City Docks, previously used as the Bristol Industrial Museum.  This week the nine original 1950s red sliding doors of the industrial sheds were reinstalled after being restored and repaired off-site. 

On its completion in December 2009, the new museum will provide new exhibition space over three floors, a rooftop gallery with views across the city centre and access to a roof terrace, kitchen facilities for exhibitions and events.  There will also be education spaces and volunteer facilities, engine sheds and workshops, a café, gift shop and conferencing facilities – all with improved disabled access.  A new social history facility at the museum will house the personal memories and stories of people who have lived and worked in Bristol.

The new Museum, which has benefited from a £11.3 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant, will form part of Bristol’s Harbour side regeneration and is expected to contribute to the local economy by attracting local, national and international visitors.  The project has also received support from the city council, Renaissance South West and Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.