Institute of Life Sciences 2

Client: Swansea University
Sector: Education
Service: Programme and Project Management
Value: £16M

A new build, five-storey, state of the art medicial research facility development in the heart of the University’s Singleton Cmapus. The Institute of Life Science phase 2 project was developed to support the growing Life Science sector in the region. The 5824m² project would join the School of Medicine and accomodates essential research infrastructure, a clinical research unit, imaging suite (shell & core) incubator grow on space, and a technology transfer and business support team.

Provelio was appointed to complete the detailed design stage and provide project management services through tender, contract award and construction stages; adopting a two stage develop and construct (NEC) form of contract.

An aim of the project was to develop a sustainable building which adhered and complied with the University’s carbon reduction targets without reducing it’s capability for providing clinical research and trial facilities. The initiatives used on this project included ground sourced heat pumps, a sedum roof (with rain water recycling), use of rewnable energy by connecting the building to the existing district heating network that was powered by a combined heat and power system, diverting 90% of construction waste from landfil and ensuring it was built and designed to have low energy consumption.

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