The Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum has two sites, one in South Kensington and the second is the Zoological Museum in Tring. The world-famous London landmark building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, it has since been added to over many years, the most recent additions being the two state-of-the Art Darwin Centre buildings known as the Darwin Buildings 1 and 2. The Museum is Grade I* Listed. Tring houses the world-class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group.
Ridge staff have been working continuously for the Museum since 1989. Works have included maintenance of building and mechanical & electrical installations.
Projects undertaken include:
- Fire Precaution Works: Schemes include new fire & voice alarms, emergency lighting, upgrading means of escape and compartmentation with work to the listed fabric of the building.
- IT Communication & telephone installation: Installation of main hubs and infrastructure cabling throughout the museums’ buildings.
- Kensington Palaeontology Building: Refurbishment of the occupied building including renewal of HVAC services, removal of asbestos and replacement of external glazed wall panels. The project involved the protection of priceless exhibits whilst ensuring access to the artefacts.
- Kensington Wellcome Laboratories: Conversion of an existing workshop in the basement of the Whale Gallery to form new laboratories.
- Tring Roofing works: A new flat roof covering to the Collections Storage Building.
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