When it came to constructing one of the world’s most advanced category 4 biocontainment facilities, every component of the design needed to fit exactly. David Crampton, Project Director of main contractor, Shepherd Construction, outlines the approach taken to get it right first time.
The Pirbright Institute’s new 11,065m2 laboratory facility in Surrey is set to become one of the most advanced category 4 biocontainment facilities in the world for fundamental and applied research on some of the most devastating viruses of farmed animals.
Before construction began in 2010, we established a close partnership working ethos with the Institute, project team and subcontractors under the banner Team Pirbright to embed a ‘solutions-driven, no compromise’ approach and ensure that the engineering and construction disciplines owned the project jointly.
The laboratory complex, comprising a central hub with north, east and west wings, has a HEPA floor located directly above the first floor laboratory, an air handling floor above the HEPA deck, two basement effluent treatment plants and a stand-alone energy centre.
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