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Project

Astex Therapeutics

ISG undertook a circa £2.3 million refurbishment project converting an existing office and laboratory space into new world-class facilities
  • Customer
    Astex Therapeutics
  • Procurement Route
    Negotiated
  • Completion Date
    March 2018
  • Quantity Surveyor
    Gleeds
  • Value
    £2.3m
  • Form Of Contract
    D&B 2011
  • Project Manager
    Gleeds
  • Structural Engineer
    MLM Group
  • Area
    1,500 sq ft
  • Program Duration
    19 weeks
  • Architect
    Saunders Boston
  • ME Engineer
    KJ Tait Engineers
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Introduction

ISG delivered a circa £2.3 million refurbishment project converting existing office and laboratory space into new world-class facilities for the leading Cambridge biotechnology company, Astex Therapeutics.

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The project

Working alongside architects Saunders Boston on this live environment project, ISG stripped out and extensively reconfigured existing accommodation and formed three advanced laboratories within the 1,500 sq ft space. The new facilities support leading-edge analytical chemistry research, as well as providing a drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic (DMPK) space, providing separate environments where tissue cultures are grown.

To minimise the impact of these significant works, ISG carefully scheduled the programme to include out of hours working. Maintaining continuity of services to the existing building was a pre-requisite and robust measures were put in place to ensure there was zero disruption to the normal operation of the building.

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