Medicines Discovery

The Project

David Hillier was appointed as the Project Manager to deliver the fit-out & refurbishment works and manage the appointed contractors, including the MEP contractor and the various OEM’s involved.  The project involved the office and specialist laboratory space relocation including Cat2 Laboratories and CATA and CATB fit-outs.

Collaboration

David and the Johnsons team worked to deliver a soft landing of specialist equipment including:

• Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy Tissue Processing and General Analytical Lab Equipment.
• Coordination of cradle to the grave installation process of all laboratory apparatus including full coordination of OEM’s equipment.
• Relationship building with international and regional OEM teams consisting of Carl Zeiss, Bruker and Waters.

Key Deliverables

As a result of Covid-19, the Light House Lab project materialised, and David was appointed by the client to deliver the project at Alderley Park.

The project involved:

• Property project management, assisting with the refurbishment and upgrade of existing CAT2 Labs creating and supporting the national diagnostic lab network, to support the fight against COVID-19 building industrial testing capacity. Project lead on landlord and tenant interface, collaboration role within property and asset managing team focusing on time-driven delivery for the facility in line with government timelines.
• Working with the FM Team to coordinate delivery and installation of specialist lab equipment, ranging from PCR Machines to Hamilton Robotics. International and regional coordination of installation program with suppliers Hamilton, CAS.

The project also involved the relocation of staff personal crates, IT and equipment.