Jack Copland Centre

The facility includes:

• Research and Testing laboratories
• Specialist GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Grade B, C & D clean rooms for the processing of blood, cells & tissues
• Open plan offices and social space
• Open atrium and collaboration space
• Café

This innovative project is the realisation of cutting-edge design in blood / tissue /cell therapies that combines strict regulatory requirements with lean manufacturing principles.

It is a technical and scientific building that provides a high class and productive working environment. Although the facility is a highly technical and controlled scientific workspace with complex environmental and building monitoring systems, it is also a pleasant and welcoming place of work enhanced by exceptional design.

The project included service infrastructure buildings with new substations, an energy centre, and extensive areas of both hard and soft landscaping.

The building is founded on 171No end bearing 600diameter Continuous Flight Auger piles between 7-10 metres in length.

The structure incorporates both structural steel and reinforced concrete frames. The concrete structure contributes to the natural cooling of the office space and ventilation is provided by louvre vents located above windows controlled by a sophisticated building management system.

The external envelope consists of facing brickwork walls with extensive areas of glazing to maximise natural light. Roofs are flat in profile, finished with a single ply membrane.

Internally, the use of glass throughout the circulation spaces, and in as many areas as possible elsewhere in the facility, produces a transparency that provides visual connection between all areas.

Natural ventilation and photovoltaic panels, combined heat and power systems and enhanced insulation, assisted in the facility achieving its goal of BREEAM very good.