Beard Development has damaged flooring at the new Aspen Development on the Wooden Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford
Beard Development has been appointed primary contractor for a £7m growth of the Wooden Centre via the Oxford Consider, a charity with a challenge to inspire the pursuit of science.
Central to the improvement is the Aspen Development, which is able to sit down along the prevailing Linden Development and Science Oxford Centre that had been in the past constructed via Beard in 2018 and 2019.
The brand new 17,000 sq toes (1,600 sq m) facility will supply top quality CL II stage laboratory and place of business area over two flooring and also will characteristic a STEM sources room to allow the believe to make bigger outreach for its STEM training and engagement programmes, delivered via Science Oxford. The funding is a reaction to perceived call for from science and tech firms in quest of laboratory and place of business area throughout the Headington Science Cluster.
Set along 15 acres of wooded area, the Aspen Development will goal BREEAM Very good and come with photovoltaic roof panels, a inexperienced wall and rainwater harvesting to provide gray water for bogs.

Undertaking architect is ADP, whilst Gleeds is challenge supervisor.
The Aspen Development is focused on sensible crowning glory in early summer season 2026.
Beard director Dean Averies mentioned: “Our group has a phenomenal observe report of turning in areas of excellence for finding out and innovation throughout all our running spaces. We’re taking a look ahead to operating with the Oxford Consider to ship its imaginative and prescient for areas that give a boost to the thriving science ecosystem that colleagues have supported so neatly through the years.”
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