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| Ramboll to create world class facilities for warship museum in UK  Danish engineering consultancy firm Ramboll has worked closely with the Mary Rose Trust on this EUR 41 million heritage project to create world class facilities for conserving and viewing the Tudor warship and its artefacts.A new purpose-built museum for the Mary Rose, the only sixteenth century warship on display anywhere in the world, has opened at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on the south coast of England. Ramboll has worked closely with the Mary Rose Trust on this EUR 41 million heritage project to create world class facilities for conserving and viewing the Tudor warship and its unique collection of artefacts. High-quality environment to protect invaluable artefacts The Mary Rose sank in the Solent during the reign of Henry VIII and was raised before a worldwide television audience of 60 million in 1982. Until 2009, the ship's hull was displayed in a temporary ship hall, with only six per cent of its 19,000 artefacts on display in a museum some 400 yards away. The new museum brings the ship and many thousands of her objects together under one roof. Ramboll ensured the reliable continuation of the conservation process during the construction of the new museum. Part of the project was to create a high-quality environment within the new 40m long and three-storey high giant display case, or context gallery, to protect and preserve the priceless artefacts. Our engineers also worked with the display cabinet manufacturer to develop full-scale mock-up and prototype tests, and achieve the correct microclimates, for the display cases which house the smaller artefacts. Laser scanning helps set position of hull prior to construction The dry dock which the Mary Rose sits in is a scheduled ancient monument. Ramboll's computational modelling specialists therefore used non-invasive laser scanning techniques to determine the exact position of the hull, prior to construction of the new museum. The model which was rendered from the billions of points scanned enabled the internal environment to be effectively controlled during the various conservation and construction stages. Multidisciplinary effort for visionary attraction Ramboll was involved with the museum from initial design to construction, and will continue to assist on the project until 2017. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |