Restaurant Refurbishment

The Natural History Museum undertook a major refurbishment and upgrade of its catering facilities, Baker Mallett provided Quantity Surveying and CDMC Services on this project under the existing framework agreement.

There were 3 phases to the project and this final phase was the major refurbishment and upgrade of its main restaurant located in the Waterhouse Building and the staff canteen, providing space for over 270 covers.

Each phase was subjected to tight timescales which was particularly relevant during this phase as it was essential that the restaurant was open in time to accommodate the start of the school holidays in December; this involved 24 hour working during the latter stages of the project and was successfully opened to the public as scheduled in December 2009.

The Museum has happily announced that the revenue from each facility has increased considerably since the completion of the works.