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Key Facts

  • Client Name:
    Science & Technology Facilities Council
  • Principal Contractor:
    Mace
  • Architect:
    IBI Group
  • Address:
    Rutherford appleton Laboratory
    Harwell Campus
    Didcot, Oxfordshire
    OX11 0QX
  • Type of Contract:
    Design and Build
  • Value of Works:
    £625K
  • Start Date:
    October 2020
  • End Date:
    August 2021
  • BREEAM Status Acheived:

    Very Good

Project Description

National Satellite Testing Facility is a new 4 storey building which is the first of its kind within the UK. The project for us is a joinery fit out which included timber and metal doorsets with IPS toilet systems. Internal screens and windows which offered high acoustic resistant to the office area which overlooked the main floor where the Satellites were put through their paces ready for space.

One of the main features of the project is a large compression chamber which the frame of the building consumes on the ground floor with multiple areas for various testing such as heat and vibration. Beings its first in the UK, British Astronaut Tim Peake came to visit and even brought the first prototype of the Mars Rover with him.




Scope of Works

Joinery & Fit-out works including:

  • Timber Skirtings & Architraves
  • Timber Doorsets
  • Metal Doorsets (Clean Rooms)
  • Metal Riser Doorsets
  • Metal Access Panels
  • Ironmongery
  • Internal Windows / Screens including manifestations
  • Kitchens
  • IPS Systems
  • Tiling, Mirrors & Sanitaryware

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