About the Project

So cutting edge is the research equipment in the heavily serviced block that some of it simply did not exist at precontract. When it did become available, it made for a fabulous amount of disruptive change.

One big switch required specialist labs (whose M&E had already been installed) to be turned into clean rooms. Another was the introduction of local exhaust ventilation systems, which needed bespoke support to elevate them above the air handling units that already filled the roof space. Greg didn’t so much offer can-do willingness as will-do-done leadership

Even from the outset, he had had to master steep challenges, including taking £3m out of the budget. He won client approval for his value engineering by bringing proposed changes to life with imagery, sketches and fly-throughs on the BIM platform. The big savings were made by reducing the internal glazing, removing a piled retaining wall and making the corridors linking the existing building to the extension four metres wide rather than six.

Greg’s determination, commitment to excellence and problem-solving delivered on all front