CityLabs 2.0

Located in the Manchester Science Park Development, the building houses QIAGEN’s offices and laboratories which focus on DNA analysis and testing. The brief called for a state-of-the-art building with excellent energy efficiency, lab operation support and occupant comfort and adaptable systems which can be reconfigured easily during the life of the building. 

The result is a high specification of interior fit-out and holistic integration of the laboratory requirements within a modern office building. The six-storey building provides complex MEP infrastructure to support the labs operation, with:

• Dedicated air handling units for cross-contamination controlled lab clusters
• Highly resilient electrical infrastructure including a full electrical backup system via two emergency generators
• High-efficiency plant room to guarantee an internal temperature of 20°C for analysis requirements
• Dedicated cooling system for the in-house servers
• Specific infrastructure for lab waste

Max Fordham contributed to the project's development from Stage 4 to the construction and commissioning phases for the base-build and fit-out. We provided MEP consultancy services and acted as LEED AP for the demanding process of LEED ID+C certification for the internal fitout.