THE PROJECT
Construction of a purpose built warehouse facility with office accommodation and associated external works to rationalise, update, and consolidate engineering and materials management services for the Culham Campus providing a central facility in support of wider UKAEA missions and objectives.
The Central Support Facility accommodates unique manufacturing and support departments with a modern and attractive external appearance that improves the existing environment and promotes a sense of UKAEA identity. The project is built to BREEAM ‘Excellent’ standard, and CCS ‘Excellent’ standard was achieved. The accommodation includes:
• Main entrance lobby including a coffee/seating area.
• Amenity for Welfare and Changing facilities.
• Open plan office space shared between all teams to allow flexibility.
• Meeting and shared conference facilities.
• Warehousing.
• Two clean rooms to ISO 8 Standard.
£10M
CONTRACT VALUE
54 WEEKS
CONTRACT DURATION
Customer
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency
Architect
McBains
Quantity Surveyor
McBains
Form of Contract
NEC 4
Discoveries in the ground
The site is an ex-naval base and during groundworks we discovered nine high voltage cables and unearthed an ex-steam heating main. These had to be treated with care until they were identified. The high voltage cables belonged to a nearby substation, these were added to the construction drawings and then our services were routed around them. The historic steam main was more complicated because none of the land owners or tenants knew what the purpose of the pipe was. After we identified it, we sought permission to excavate and dispose of it.
