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.

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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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