UKBIC charges ahead with new labs and offices

New office and laboratory facilities have been completed at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) in Coventry.
Office fit-out and design consultancy OP has handed over 11,000 sq ft of purpose-built accommodation at the national battery manufacturing development site near Coventry Airport.
The project included the creation of a new, two-storey building in the warehouse process hall, housing 8,000 sq ft of open-plan office space, meeting and conference rooms and breakout facilities.
Office spaces are equipped with access and temperature controls, CCTV and acoustic properties and are connected to the main building via a newly constructed bridge link.
OP has also designed and built a new single-storey structure containing seven purpose-built laboratories for exploratory work, such as processing, forensics and CT scanning.
Each new lab has been fitted with wipe-down surfaces, electrostatic flooring and air conditioning.
Gary Tailby, joint managing director of OP said: “We are very pleased to have handed over these fantastic new facilities at UKBIC. The construction of both new buildings presented unique logistical challenges, which were met head-on by a superb project team of designers and engineers. It enabled us to deliver these two projects quickly and safely while maintaining strict standards of cleanliness throughout.”
Colin Mitchell, director at UKBIC said: “The new specialist office facilities and laboratory housing have both been built to a very high standard and we are delighted with the work OP has undertaken.”