According to our Regional Spotlight report, the National Biosecurity Centre – NBC Science Hub Buildings project is the highest valued contract award at £919m in June.
The new science centre is being built to help protect the UK from diseases transmitted from animals to humans. Jenny Stewart, Senior Science Director at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, said:
“This funding is a vital milestone in the delivery of a world-leading facility that will protect the UK from animal disease threats for decades to come…Investment on this scale will enable them to continue their critical work in modern, fit-for-purpose facilities, supported by the very latest technologies.”
Awarded to Laing O’Rourke, the project is consists of two major buildings (the B950 and B951) the major contractor will be working on for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The buildings will be located in Addlestone, Surrey and upon completion the Animal and Plant Health Agency centre will be the UK’s foremost animal biosecurity facility.
National Biosecurity Centre Science Hub Buildings Project Details from Barbour ABI
Data sourced by our in-house team of project researchers states that the main contractor will work in collaboration with the NBC Programme to plan, design and build the B950 & B951 Science Hub building. They will also take the RIBA Stage 3 designs from the NBC technical partner and complete the RIBA Stage 4 design into construction and commissioning the building. It’s noted that the main contractor will lead an integrated multidisciplinary supply chain including a designer, mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) suppliers and other generalist and biocontainment specialist contractors to deliver the building as well.
Project ID: 12853572
Value: £919m
Start Date: June 2026
Finish Date: August 2035
Client: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Contractor: Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited
Planning Stage: The full SCAH programme includes: Enabling works running to 2027. Site-wide infrastructure to 2037. Science Hub capital works to 2035. Estate rationalisation from 2032–2037.
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