New £9.9 million innovation centre starts to take shape at Porton Science Park
It's hoped it will open in September this year
The new building which will house a £9.9 million Collaboration Innovation Centre at Porton Science Park is beginning to take shape.
83 pre-fabricated modular units were created with windows and plaster boarded walls and ceilings at McAvoy's facility in Northern Ireland.
They were all shipped to the Wiltshire village and have now been lifted into position.
It's a two storey, 3,600 square metre building which will provide new office, laboratory and bespoke facilities to companies.
The aspiration is for the Collaborative Innovation Centre to be net zero carbon post completion, supporting the council’s aim to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of Wiltshire Council, said:
“Following the tremendous success of the first phase which comprised the £10.1 million Beech-Allen Building which was opened in early 2018 and is now fully occupied, we are delighted to see the second phase building coming to life. We already have substantial interest in this building, and we are looking forward to the new tenants moving in when the building opens later this year.
“The significant investment from Wiltshire Council and our partners has been critical to the site’s expansion which has reaffirmed Porton Science Park as a Life Science Opportunity Zone and a centre of excellence in specialist health, life science and defence and security sectors.”
It's scheduled to open later in the year, hopefully in September.
McAvoy’s Contracts Director, Martin O’Neill, said McAvoy was particularly proud to be associated with such a groundbreaking project:
“This is a truly excellent scheme that is well suited to the deployment of our offsite precision manufacturing approach. With most of the structure manufactured in our dedicated state-of-the-art facility, the timeframe to get us to this point has been dramatically reduced. This will ultimately allow us to get the new Innovation Centre open and operational as quickly as possible. Our focus is now with our onsite team who will now carry out final ground works and fit-out in advance of official handover later in the year.”