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JOSEPH LOWE BUILDING Uxbridge, Middlesex CLIENT: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY VALUE: £1,330,000 CONTRACT PERIOD: 19 WEEKS EDUCATION This project at Brunel University involved the refurbishment of a previously unused section of the existing Joseph Lowe Building to transform it into a state of the art concrete and tarmac research facility. The remainder of the building remained in occupation throughout the works, which included: • The filling of existing openings and creation of several new ones to dramatically alter the buildings internal layout • New resin flooring throughout • Removal of previously unidentified asbestos from existing window blocks • New roofing, windows and doors to the entire Joseph Lowe Building • Fitting of fixed furniture including lab desks and shelving • Data fit out including a new electronic card reader access system A large proportion of the project was mechanical and electrical installations, the specialist nature of the buildings use required high specification extraction and air intake equipment to be fitted throughout the 5 new laboratories, this included the installation of 3 fume cupboards in the Chemical Project Laboratory. The laboratories also required new floor drainage and a significant amount of insulation to facilitate strict temperature controlled research environments.
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JOSEPH LOWE BUILDINGUxbridge, Middlesex
CLIENT: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY
VALUE: £1,330,000
CONTRACT PERIOD: 19 WEEKS
EDUCATION
This project at Brunel University involved the refurbishment of a previously unused section of the existing Joseph Lowe Building to transform it into a state of the art concrete and tarmac research facility. The remainder of the building remained in occupation throughout the works, which included:
• The filling of existing openings and creation of several new ones to dramatically alter the buildings internal layout
• New resin flooring throughout• Removal of previously unidentified asbestos from existing
window blocks• New roofing, windows and doors to the entire Joseph Lowe
Building• Fitting of fixed furniture including lab desks and shelving• Data fit out including a new electronic card reader access
system
A large proportion of the project was mechanical and electrical installations, the specialist nature of the buildings use required high specification extraction and air intake equipment to be fitted throughout the 5 new laboratories, this included the installation of 3 fume cupboards in the Chemical Project Laboratory.
The laboratories also required new floor drainage and a significant amount of insulation to facilitate strict temperature controlled research environments.
