Russell WBHO has been selected to deliver a new £30 million supercomputing centre in the Liverpool city region.
by Rory Butler / November 18, 2022
Inside the deal: The new facility will be built at Daresbury Laboratory, in Warrington.
The UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) chose the Manchester contractor following a competitive tender process under the Crown Commercial Services Framework.
- 6.2-acre site
- 33,000 sq ft building
- two data halls (maintained at 21-24 degrees)
- office suite with ancillary facilities
The building will be steel frame with composite cladding to form the external envelope.
When built, the centre will support the £210 million Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) programme, a collaboration between STFC Hartree Centre and IBM that provides industry access to state-of-the-art digital technologies and expertise, helping to accelerate productivity and reduce the time and cost of developing new products.
On the job:
- Sudlows (data centre provider)
- Arcadis
- Aew Architects
- Healy Consulting
- e3p
“Our involvement through the planning and pre-construction phase, coupled with our in-depth knowledge of highly-specialist industrial and temperature-controlled facilities such as this, has enabled us to bring forward a viable budgeted programme to deliver this scheme,” said Russell WBHO commercial director, Nick Sunderland.
Works start before the end of the year and will take approximately 21 months to complete.
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