EDUCATION BRUNEL UNIVERSITY - JOSEPH LOWE BUILDING UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX CLIENT: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT: KENDALL KINGSCOTT QUANTITY SURVEYOR: GLEEDS VALUE: £1,330,000 CONTRACT PERIOD: 19 WEEKS This project at Brunel University involved the refurbishment of a previously unused section of the Joseph Lowe Building to transform it into a state of the art concrete and tarmac research facility. The remainder of the building remained in occupation throughout the works, which included: • The filling of existing openings and creation of several new ones to dramatically alter the buildings internal layout • New resin flooring throughout • Removal of previously unidentified asbestos from existing window blocks • New roofing, windows and doors to the entire Joseph Lowe Building • Fitting of fixed furniture including lab desks and shelving • Data fit out including a new electronic card reader access system A large proportion of the project was mechanical and electrical installations, the specialist nature of the buildings use required high specification extraction and air intake equipment to be fitted throughout the 5 laboratories, this included the installation of 3 fume cupboards in the Chemical Project Laboratory. The laboratories also required new floor drainage and a significant amount of insulation to facilitate strict temperature controlled research environments.