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19 March 2007 E-mail for further details: rob.beattie@thermal-transfer.co.uk

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Thermal Transfer act as Principal Contractor on Laboratory Project

Specialist contractor Thermal Transfer (TT) a subsidiary of ETDE, is acting as the principal contractor in the design and build of a new £2.5m laboratory near Livingston in Scotland.

A green field site at Eliburn in Livingston is being developed for the Research Products and Services division of Tepnel Life Sciences, a leading single source provider of outsourcing services for the UK pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. It will integrate and expand its existing services provided by the current Edinburgh and Glasgow laboratories, which will be closed once the new facility is completed.

The design of the two storey 1700 square metre building incorporates a number of high quality laboratories and associated services on the ground floor, while the top level is devoted to the board room, meeting facilities, administrative offices and a plant room. It is being completed in two phases, the first phase comprising 6 bays is due to finish in May, with the remaining 2 bays to be fitted-out as a follow-on project.

As principle contractor TT’s Edinburgh office has total responsibility for the whole project including groundwork, steel erection, lighting, security, laboratory furniture, paths, access roads and landscaping. They will also act as sub contractor for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the specialist mechanical services.

The HVAC systems have been designed to provide clean comfort conditions in all the laboratories and offices. Laboratory temperature control is being supplied from LTHW and CHW coils in an air handling unit (ahu) via ductworks to ceiling mounted diffusers. All the fume cupboards have an extract system to remove the fume to atmosphere, with make-up air received from the ahu. Temperature control in the ground floor ancillary areas, as well as top floor rooms, is provided by individual ducted VRV air-conditioning units positioned in the ceiling void of each area.

TT carried out the space/cost planning, with Atkins Edinburgh office employed as the project architects for the development of the design, planning and building warrant.