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22 May 2021
Palace of Westminster Restoration?and Renewal Programme
Houses of Parliament?Restoration?and Renewal?Programme?partners with?Edinburgh?s Heriot-Watt?University?to?research?safer?construction approaches
The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme?has partnered with experts at?Heriot-Watt University?(Edinburgh, Scotland) to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster in London.
The Palace is currently at risk of damage from fire or flood that could be caused by a failure in the complex network of outdated heating, drainage, gas and electric systems. The Palace of Westminster building viewed across the River Thames from the south:

photograph © UK Parliament
While the essential work to replace these systems is carried out the risks will remain so?the Restoration and Renewal Programme has?awarded Heriot-Watt?University?£75,000?funding to?develop?industry-leading?construction approaches?to safeguard those working on the project as well as the building itself.
Large construction programmes involve thousands of contractors working together in busy and noisy building sites, bringing additional challenges to those involved. These challenges, and risks, will be amplified when complex works are being carried out in a congested heritage site like the Palac...