Client: Museum of London
Location: London
Description of Work: Fire Alarm Install
Background:
The Museum of London documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times. The museum is situated on London Wall which is part of the Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 1970s as an innovative approach to re-development, within a bomb-damaged area of the City of London.
The Museum was opened in 1976, just a few minutes’ walk north of St Paul’s Cathedral. It overlooks the remains of the Roman city wall, on the edge of the oldest part of London known as the City, now the financial area. The Museum’s collections are as quirky, vast and varied as London itself with over a million objects ranging from archaeological finds to photographs; from shop fronts to archive film and video; from bus tickets to the magnificent Lord Mayor’s State Coach. The oldest objects are over half a million years old, the newest date from today and will be acquired tomorrow as records of London’s past.
Scope:
The redevelopment of the Museum’s lower galleries was designed to retell the story of London and Londoners from 1666 to the present day. The hugely exciting refurbishment, which opened in 2010, allows significantly increased access to artefacts, both in the Museum and online. It has created a spectacular new glass window at street level, and includes a cutting edge Clore Learning Centre; a theatre and The Sackler Hall, containing an information zone and café. Wessex Fire & Security was instructed to install a new fire system throughout The Museum of London and construction sites for the new galleries.
A network of 4 Vigilon control panels was installed, with some 700 sensors, air aspirating systems, and PA / VA system for the public areas. The voice evacuation system was provided with messages in four languages, English, French, German and Japanese. Wessex successfully completed the installation of the fire system throughout the building in highly complex settings, easily within the agreed timeframes.
Steve Cox (Head of Facilities & Security) said “Wessex was reliable and provided an excellent solution to our Fire system requirements.”
