Willmott Dixon has been appointed to help deliver a second £24 million scheme at the Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire.

The contractor is working on the pre-construction stage of the Science & Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) RAL Gemini Laser Building. The building will house the Central Laser Facility (CLF), a new laser testing facility.

Previously, the company delivered the RAL Space R100 facility at the campus, providing the largest and most sophisticated satellite design, production and research facility in Europe.


For STFC's Gemini Laser building, Willmott Dixon is working with architects FDG Fairhursts Design Group, Briggs & Forrester for services and Glanville Group for structural engineering.

Peter Owen, managing director of Willmott Dixon in the Midlands, said: "We are delighted to be working on yet another project at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site. We carry out a lot of work in this important sector, and our specialist teams offer a wealth of expertise creating facilities that drive innovation and help make the UK a leader in science and technology."

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