Lancaster University - Lancaster Environment Centre
Client: Lancaster University & The Natural Environment Research Council
Contractor: At Tender Stage
Architect/Lead Consultant: Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Concept Architect: FaulknerBrowns
Project Managers: Gardiner & Theobald
Structural Engineers: Allott & Lomax
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: Hoare Lea & Partners
Quantity Surveyors: Gardiner & Theobald
Planning Supervisors: Gardiner & Theobald
Approved Building Inspectors: Maunsell Associates
Specialist Advisers: BRE & The Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA
Value: £25M
Duration: 18 months
The work comprises the construction of two linked blocks, providing accommodation for both the Natural Environment Research Council and Lancaster University, for comprehensive Environmental Research Laboratories and supporting functions. The work undertaken in these facilities is at the leading edge of scientific development and the Client requires a landmark building to reflect this and to maintain the high quality of architecture on the University campus.
Accommodation is as follows:-
- Microbiology Laboratories
- Plant Science Laboratories
- Radio-ecology Laboratories
- Molecular Biology Laboratories
- Chemistry Laboratories
- Soils Biology Laboratories
- Clean Rooms
- Stable Isotope Facility
- Offices
- Glasshouses
- Constant Environment Rooms
- Workshop & Services Facilities