London’s Natural History Museum lengthened its facilities management contract with EMCOR Group by a further three years. EMCOR Group has provided mechanical and electrical engineering services across all of the Museum’s sites since 2001.

Under the new agreement, EMCOR’s scope of work extends to include grounds maintenance, managing a helpdesk facility for hard and soft services, management of the cleaning contracts and the provision of a full Computer Aided Design service. The contract includes the main Waterhouse building in South Kensington, which is Grade I listed inside and out, as well as the new Darwin Centre, which opens to visitors in September. The Darwin Centre is the latest addition to the Museum’s portfolio and will provide storage facilities, art laboratories that will be used by leading scientists and public galleries and programmes for visitors.

Robert Lamb, Estates Manager at the Natural History Museum comments: “We were thoroughly impressed with EMCOR’s innovative proposals for the new contract and EMCOR’s approach to service delivery has resulted in a more efficient, cost effective and flexible package.”