Cost Management

NMS Connect

Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
2006, £800k

Fraser Randall was appointed as the Project Manager, Cost Consultant and Planning Supervisor by the National Museums of Scotland for the management of the design and implementation of their new science zone interactive exhibition.

The design by John Csaky Associates provided a link between the old Royal Museum and the new Museum of Scotland. The content was displayed on a balanced mix of AV software and electro mechanical interactives, supported by simple graphics where necessary. The concept took treasured large objects from the NMS collection and placed them as icons for a variety of themes through which the story was told.

The displays include the installation of a Formula 1 car, the worlds second built locomotive, Wylam Dilley, a 14m high Black Knight Rocket and an autogiro flying machine suspended high in the atrium space. Fraser Randall programmed and managed the installation of these large objects in advance of the main works to tie in with building access requirements.