Medical Research Council Constructs Laboratory of Molecular Biology

The Medical Research Council has selected HBG to build the £197 million Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the United Kingdom. Designed by RMJM, the 32,500-sm laboratory will be supported by over 780 structural piles to mitigate vibration and will include an underground heat recovery pipe system. A 4,600-sm energy center will also be built. Construction will begin by year-end 2008 with completion expected in early 2012. The construction cost for the laboratory is £140 million. Located at Addenbrookes Hospital, the new Laboratory of Molecular Biology will be the flagship facility of the 230,000-sm Cambridge Biomedical Campus and will partner with the University of Cambridge Clinical School and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. Structural engineering services will be provided by AKT.