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EDUCATION
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY - JOSEPH LOWE BUILDINGUXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEXCLIENT: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY
ARCHITECT: KENDALL KINGSCOTT
QUANTITY SURVEYOR: GLEEDS
VALUE: £1,330,000
CONTRACT PERIOD: 19 WEEKS
This project at Brunel University involved the refurbishment of a previously
unused section of the 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 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.