Officials from London with the task of managing a £20 billion restoration of the Houses of Parliament have visited the Bristol Beacon to learn more about how to restore historic buildings.
The delegation from the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority were given a tour of the central Bristol concert hall, and the teams who worked on it shared their expertise and experience.
The Bristol Beacon is due to reopen this autumn after running more than three years and £87 million over budget. The project to restore the Houses of Parliament hasn’t even properly begun yet, but already costs have spiralled from around £3 billion to a potential £22 billion, and it could take as long as 70 years to complete.
