AstraZeneca Project Laureate

The contract encompassed extensive contractor’s design portion (CDP) elements, complete installation of hard landscaping to the R&D building, and extensive new permanent works to the Energy Centre. In the course of our delivery, we also undertook a significant number of additional works, including: the design and construction of new infrastructure for the relocated project welfare; the design and construction of additional car parking facilities; and soft strip demolition of works within the R&D building (design life for temporary facilities). We achieved early occupation handover to Mace on our main works and were subsequently awarded the contract to deliver the Travel Hub (temporary car park) for the site.

Our CDP consisted of: seven car park barrier foundations; feeder pillar foundations; foundations for two unique sculptures; rebar detailing of small concrete elements such as foundations, pits, bunds and chambers; secondary steel design on bracketry; foundations for crash barriers and bollards to PAZ68 standards; foundations for signage, barriers, feeder pillars, door posts etc; dry riser base and chamber; steel bracketry of basement access hatch infill; haunching and setting of electrical earthing chambers; waterproofing of temporary services into the R&D building when decommissioned; decommissioning of monitoring borehole; coring and grouting of cycle hoops into existing paving; and granite column surrounds.

Hard landscaping of the R&D site included: all granite paving including kerbs, setts and copings; all surface drainage, connections and chambers, chamber lids and risers; excavation of soft planted areas to formation level; ducting, chambers and below ground services; manhole benching; cut and fill to required levels across site; geotextile layers, root barriers and Stratacells; gravel borders; lamppost bases or foundations; signage, posts and foundations; all retaining structures; reinstatement of areas outside of the purchase boundary; removal of temporary services and structures; removal of all hard standing and excess build-up; road markings and statutory signage; barriers and bollards; bases and sleeves for a number of bespoke art sculptures.

Drainage works consisted of: drainage trenches, cutting through any hard finishes to lay pipework; reinstatement of hard finishes; granular beds and covers to pipework; concrete beds and covers to pipework; vertical casings to pipework; drainage pipework; linear lengths, bends, junctions and accessories; drainage channels/slot drains and gratings (including a bespoke slot drain); temporary drainage connections for the phasing of the works; manholes and road and yard gullies. 278 and 3rd party interface works (STATS) consisted of: lowering of services at new crossings in consultation with utility asset owners; reinstatement of the campus boulevard drainage ditches and gabion walls; improvement of external paving; tying into existing roadways and pavement; replacement of BT standard ducting and chambers; connection of services at the site purchase boundary line.

Travel Hub works consisted of: detailing of the waterproofing and reinforcement for the substructure elements; attendance on the piling contractor; installation of the FW and SW drainage; excavation and backfilling of trenches for services installation by others (gas, water and electricity); excavation and installation of below ground ducts; waterproofing and construction of RC cores, pile caps and ground beams for the Hub; construction of the RC ground floor slab, RC access ramp, RC electrical rooms (walls and roof slab); installation of kerbs, edgings and asphalt to access roads; hard and soft landscaping; and installation of street furniture.

Working under Mace’s BIM Execution Plan (BEP), our in-house design team created 3D CAD models to optimise programme, sequencing, the interface with the project’s other contractors and subcontractors and the selection of the most suitable materials to meet/exceed performance requirements. We produced package-specific Design Risk Assessments to align with those of the project, as-built drawings and surveys, detailed fabrication drawings and technical submissions, and statutory approval notifications, and, led by our Project Manager and Project Engineer, our team attended regular workshops to continuously
review and update these. Our work was checked by an external third party (appointed by Mace). Document management was through the common data
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Across all our projects, Careys aims to protect the natural environment from degradation and pollution. As a minimum, we work with the requirements of our ISO14001-certified Environmental Management System, ensuring best practice across all areas of our operations. In addition, we actively participate in schemes like the Ethical Trading Initiative, the TFT Responsible Stone Programme, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and SA8000.

Our in-house engineering and innovation forum has undertaken extensive research on petrol-free alternative hand tools available on the market. We held our second Zero Hydrocarbons Roadshow at the AstraZeneca project. We used a number of environmentally friendlier tools, including battery-powered wacker plates (Wacker Neuson AP2560e), trench rammers (Wacker Neuson AS60e) and cut off saws (TSA 230), a mobile hydrogen lighting tower (Ecolight WH2) and an electric telescopic handler (Faresin Eco telehandler 2.6T).