Facilities Support Building
Rutherford Appleton Labratory
Key Facts
The building delivers 70 x 35m of flexible clear-span useable floor space to separate Test & Handling facilities
Three storey offices for 80 people sit above the Test facility on the north elevation
Stepped floor plate and sunk into chalk mound to reduce visual impact
Full overheadgantry crane coverage
Crane clear height: 12m Handling, 10m Test
Natural lighting through transkucent cladding, clerestory and roof glazing
Service yards and new access roads
Full BIM level 2 design
Designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Very Good’