Construction and facilities management company EMCOR announces a three-year extension of its facilities management contract with the Natural History Museum.
EMCOR Group (UK) has provided mechanical and electrical engineering services across all of the Museum’s sites since 2001, ensuring the Museum has a infrastructure in which to preserve and display many of the 70 million specimens under its care.
Under the new agreement
EMCOR’s scope of work was extended 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, laboratories that will be used by the world’s leading scientists and public galleries for visitors.
Robert Lamb, Estates Manager at the Natural History Museum says: “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.”
He added: “In my experience, true partnering between service provider and client rarely happens, but EMCOR has certainly achieved this at the Natural History Museum. We work together as one team.”
Nick Morris, Managing Director, EMCOR Facilities Services, added: “We are delighted and extremely proud to be working alongside the Natural History Museum, a world class education and scientific research institution. We are looking forward to continuing a long term relationship with the Museum and enhancing its facilities management capabilities even further.”
EMCOR Group (UK) provides engineering services, facilities management and sustainable business solutions through its two businesses – EMCOR Engineering Services and EMCOR Facilities Services. Information on EMCOR can be found at
