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Multi-Purpose Pilot Plant


Client: University College London, Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering
Location: London, UK
Completion: 1993
Scope of Work: Preliminary Engineering, Construction Support, Commissioning and Validation
Project Value: £7 million
 


Multi-Purpose Pilot Plant


Features

  • New teaching and research facility for 3500 m2 in Central London designed to produce a range of Biotechnology products 
  • Provision for associated biochemical, microbiology and control support laboratories 
  • The facility contains fermentation, primary separations, chromatography and solvent processing areas, decontamination autoclaves and a thermal inactivation system for contaminated process wastes 
  • Live organism handling areas designed to Health & Safety Executive’s Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation (ACGM) Large Scale Containment Category (LSCC) 2 with laboratories upgradable to LSCC 3 if required 
  • Designed for efficient and economic construction on a highly restricted urban site

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