Fit-out specialist starts work on Southampton鈥檚 Sea City visitor attraction

Southampton Sea City museum

Southampton Sea City museum

Visitors to Southampton鈥檚 Sea City when it launches next year will be greeted by recreations of the ill-fated Titanic鈥檚 boiler room, bridge, and cabins 鈥 installed by fit-out specialist 8build.

The contractor has started work fitting out the visitor attraction, which will open in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the voyage of the Titanic.

The visitor attraction will partly be housed in the thirties鈥 grade-II listed Civic Centre and partly in a 拢28m new extension building.

8build is fitting out two permanent galleries 鈥 鈥楪ateway to the World鈥 and 鈥楾itanic Story鈥 鈥 and one temporary special exhibitions gallery, which will initially be 鈥楾itanic, the Legend鈥.

Davis Langdon is cost consultant on the project.