Expanding University of Oxford’s biomedical facilities

• Constructed two buildings that will empower the future: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and Nuffield’s Department of Medicine (NDM). 
• The buildings boast sustainability credentials having both received Excellent BREEAM ratings, making optimal use of natural daylight and ventilation.  
• Operated on a live campus, maintaining positive relations with residents through regular communication, minimising disruptions, and involving the community in project milestones.

The £30m five storey Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology provides state-of-the-art facilities for research teams. The adjacent £20m Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), has allowed one of Europe's largest groupings of university biomedical researchers to expand. 
 
We ensured the design was checked against the brief and communicated to the client at every stage, including building a full scale mock laboratory off site to test the design detailing and to secure end user feedback and sign off. 
 
The sites are on a densely occupied, live teaching and research campus with local residents living nearby. We appointed a dedicated liaison manager to look after campus and neighbourhood relations, and ensured we coordinated construction activities with day to day campus life. This included managing extensive service diversions and enabling works, including the demolition of four existing buildings with asbestos contamination.