Spaceway secures CooperVision facility modernisation contract
CooperVision, the world’s third largest contact lens maker, has awarded the contract for upgrading its European research & development building in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, to the Spaceway Group.
The total contract is worth £1.5m (€1.9m) and involves a renovation of the exterior of the 1970s building as well as converting the 8,000m2 building into a state-of-the-art facility comprising of one-third offices and two-thirds laboratories, cleanrooms and storage.
Spaceway, a leading UK provider of integrated interior space solutions, refurbished the existing laboratories with new ceilings, floors, lighting and trunking and reconfigured the laboratories to create an improved working environment. Cleanrooms were installed to Class 8 using Komfort C64 and CX steel cleanroom partitioning. The CX wall system allows flexibility to conceal ductwork within the thickness of the partition.
Walk-on-ceilings have been fitted so that plant, located above the ceiling, can be maintained. Following the installation of plumbing and sinks, Spaceway arranged for easy and flexible access to services such as compressed air, chilled water, DI water and gases by hanging these from the ceilings. Finally rapid roll doors were installed for easy access of machines and plant.
To complete the project, Spaceway fitted a new compressor into the plant rooms and installed two 400-amp busbars into the cleanroom.