Hulley and Kirkwood

Project Title: Biomedical & Cardiovascular Research Centers, University of Glasgow

Client: University of Glasgow

Project Value: £28m

Hulley contact: Simmy Telfer

Completed in June 2005, these two new laboratory buildings constituted a 'Centre of Excellence' for Biomedical and Cardiovascular Research in the West of Scotland, pulling together existing leading research groups and faculties from the Greater Glasgow area.

The two buildings, sited on the main University Campus in the West End of Glasgow and constructed over a total of six distinct levels, constituted 12,000m² GIFA of primary laboratory, secondary laboratory (support spaces) and tertiary space.

The detailed briefing and design processes adopted by the Design Team and Client have ensured that the particular and unique requirements of each research group are satisfied, whilst common or shared facilities are appropriate and readily accessible by researchers on all floors. Typically of research laboratories, both buildings are heavily serviced with the inclusion of laboratory gases, high ventilation rates, high density of equipment, safety cabinet extract systems and fume cupboard extract systems in addition to the conventional Mechanical and Electrical services provision.

The scheme benefits from major, prestigious Funders in the form of the European Union, British Heart Foundation and the Wellcome Trust under the Joint Infrastructure Fund.