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About the project

This project consists of refurbishing several spaces within the Roger Stevens building at the University of Leeds. It’s split over two floors, with Level 5 becoming the Faculty of Biological Sciences (FBS) Bio-imaging and Flow Cytometry facility. The mezzanine floor will create Level 6, which provides high quality seminar and meeting space.

These rooms were used as storage for the geography faculty, and have become outdated, with some rooms not being used to their full potential. Refurbishing these areas will provide new updated working spaces, and house state-of-the-art equipment to aid the university’s research and development teams, boosting the city’s reputation as a leader in medical tech.

By bringing together biological and clinical scientists with cutting-edge equipment, the lab will allow the development of targeted and effective therapies across all disease areas and improving patient outcomes.

Alongside the installation of new equipment, the works also consist of mechanical and electrical updates to upgrade and futureproof the university infrastructure, including creating a new plant room.

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Progress so far

Initial set-up and demolition works have already taken place, setting the scene for construction of the new space to begin.

A site compound area has been set up to help the team manage the project, and demolition works have been undertaken, with a large stud wall, previous floor finishes and redundant mechanical and electricial infrastructure being successfully removed.

The stud wall was demolished to open the space up, creating a larger area for the remodelling works to begin. Surveying works have also been undertaken, which allow us to plan and co-ordinate tasks such as a delivery of steel which will be installed to form a new mezzanine floor level. We're expecting the steel to arrive shortly.

Over the next few weeks, diamond drilling works will take place to form new openings for the updated room layouts and accommodate the new mechanical and electrical containment pathways.

We'll keep you updated on how the project progresses, with the next stage being the erection of the steel frame, and then installation of the floor.

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