by Brianna Crandall — January 19, 2011—EIC, a leading facilities management and building services company with offices across the U.K., has won a contract to provide mechanical and electrical services for the Mary Rose Museum project at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Working closely with the Mary Rose Trust and alongside main contractor Warings and engineers from Gifford, EIC will be responsible for the precision heating, ventilation and humidity systems and controls that will maintain the correct environmental conditions for the conservation of Henry VIII’s famous flagship, the Mary Rose.
The complex conservation program has involved the constant spraying of polyethylene glycol, a water-based solution, which will end in 2011 when the hull will enter its final conservation phase, controlled air drying. The new museum is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
The building, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, is being built around the 500-year-old hull, which is too delicate to be moved. The fragile hull has been housed at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard since it was raised from the seabed in 1982, alongside the renowned flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson, the HMS Victory.
EIC will undertake the installation of the Hanwell system that monitors the environmental conditions within the Ship Hall and other areas of close environmental control. The contractor will also be responsible for the general lighting, heating and ventilation requirements of the visitor areas and other exhibition zones. For more information, see the EIC Web site.
