Work involves remodelling the Maynard Centre, formerly occupied entirely by GE Healthcare, at the聽 Forest Farm Industrial Estate in Cardiff.
Interserve 萝莉原创 will create a new reception and waiting area; a treatment areas, genetics laboratories; office accommodation; seminar facilities; storage areas; freezer rooms and staff rest rooms.
Design work has already started and construction work is scheduled to start within a couple of weeks.
Genomics Partnership Wales (GPW) 鈥� Partneriaeth Genomeg Cymru 鈥� brings together several organisations to promote the development of pharmaceuticals, as laid out in the Welsh government鈥檚 genomics strategy. These organisations include the All Wales Medical Genetics Service, Wales Gene Park, Public Health Wales, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and other higher education institutions in the principality.
The Maynard Centre already has laboratories and office accommodation. For the new tenant, it will also get a containment level 2 laboratory space to ensure it is compliant with HBN 15 facilities for pathology services and the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens鈥� guidance on microbiological containment laboratories.
Interserve 萝莉原创 divisional director Carl Read said: 鈥淕iven that the coronavirus is currently dominating the headlines in the UK, Interserve鈥檚 appointment to build this new, potentially life-saving, facility couldn鈥檛 be timelier.
鈥淕enomics Partnership Wales and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board鈥檚 decision to appoint Interserve 萝莉原创 to design the new 拢8.5m research centre further underscores our capabilities in delivering world-class medical facilities including the Christie鈥檚 Proton Beam Therapy Centre, Manchester, the University of Hull鈥檚 Allam Medical Building and the Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil.鈥�
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