Planet Innovation

Solution

While Amicus typically focuses on Design and Construction (D&C), through both our Architectural and Engineering partners, Amicus was invited to tender for the Stage 1 construction works of Planet Innovation’s laboratories. Given Amicus’s niche expertise of both office and laboratory integration and collaboration, we were able to provide both cost-effective and functional design changes to ensure the build met the budget.

The Stage 1 works included an electrical workshop, EMC Chamber, multiple PC2 lab environments and cleanrooms. Given the nature of the works within the labs, copper coils were used beneath the floor substrate to ensure adequate earthing. The layout of the benches was determined by the various ever-changing project requirements at that time. As such the services had to be flexible, allowing the benches to be moveable and configurable. The result was ceiling-mounted services, which provide a clear floor space when their use is not required. The ‘project build space’ which is effectively a scientific manufacturing plant is their ‘creative showcase space’, for suppliers and clients.