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

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

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

8build is fitting out two permanent galleries – ‘Gateway to the World’ and ‘Titanic Story’ – and one temporary special exhibitions gallery, which will initially be ‘Titanic, the Legend’.

Davis Langdon is cost consultant on the project.