The Bennet Building, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3FH

Description
Specialist wet laboratory facility designed for biotech and chemistry users seeking an HQ style facility or also available as smaller lab and write up spaces.

Located in a prominent position within Babraham Research Campus, The Bennet Building is a three-storey building comprising wet laboratory, office/write-up areas and meeting room space to the ground and first floors.

Communal facilities within the building include a dedicated comms room and two externally accessed general stores rooms + shared freezer, cold room and stores to the second floor.

The ground floor ‘Signatures’ self-service café offers a selection of sandwiches, salads, confectionery, hot and cold beverages.

Specifications
Building Specification:

Reinforced concrete frame and curtain walling above a brick plinth.
Ground and first floor loading 3kN sq m live load and 1kN sq m partition allowance.
Dedicated plant to each laboratory and office space.
Air Source Heat Pumps for heating and cooling.
High efficiency LED lighting coupled with PIR sensing fitted to all office, laboratory and circulation areas.
Auto-controlled, integrated louvre blinds incorporated to the perimeter curtain walling system, optimised to minimise glare and maximise natural light.
The building fully serviced with environmental control systems via a TRENDS Building Management System, connected into the site IT network.
Building equipped with fully addressable, automated fire detection and alarm system together with Access Control and CCTV security (which link back to centralised security control facilities managed and operated by Babraham Research Campus Ltd).
Goods passenger lift (max 1000kg loading capacity).


Laboratory Specification:

Fully fitted with Romero laboratory furniture, including:
Trespa-top benches.
Mobile under bench units.
Toprack shelving system.
Sinks and hygiene stations.
Perimeter benching laid out in modular arrangement to aid flexibility (max loading capacity 200kg/sq m).
Liquid Nitrogen store, with oxygen depletion monitoring and alarms linked to mechanical ventilation system.
Provision for up to 10 low flow fume cupboards.