{"id":105513,"date":"2022-02-10T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=105513"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:46:13","slug":"glass-futures-centre-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/glass-futures-centre-of-excellence\/105513\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivery of \u00a354m Glass Futures Centre of Excellence development begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glass-futures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glass Futures<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkspace.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Space Developments<\/a>, St Helens Borough Council, Liverpool City Region, MPs Marie Rimmer and Connor McGinn and contractor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandk.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bowmer &amp; Kirkland<\/a> welcomed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UKRI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BEIS<\/a> to the St. Helens site, to mark the ground-breaking of the Glass Futures Centre of Excellence<\/h2>\n<p>The Glass Futures Centre of Excellence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/glass-innovation-facility\/88602\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a global glass research and innovation facility<\/a>, is expected to complete in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Network Space Developments (NSD) has appointed building contractor B&amp;K to deliver the building at Saints Retail Park, occupying a site with links to the historic glass industry for which the town is famed.<\/p>\n<p>The project delivery is being managed by NSD, on behalf of a partnership including not-for-profit research organisation Glass Futures , St Helens Borough Council, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and UKRI (UK Research &amp; Innovation).<\/p>\n<p>The partnership has turned the Glass Futures concept into a deliverable and contracted scheme in less than two years. NSD will continue to manage the delivery of the project through to practical completion.<\/p>\n<p>The development has been presold by NSD to global investor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slipit.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust<\/a> to secure forward funding and conclude a viable delivery strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The building has been pre-let to St Helens Borough Council on a 15-year head lease and will be sub-let to Glass Futures, which will occupy and manage the building to deliver industry and government backed research and development projects focused on decarbonising glass production.<\/p>\n<p>The centre will also provide a platform for the industry to access an experimental scale furnace to test and run trials for implementation at a commercial scale on a state-of-the-art line, both collaboratively and individually.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018A significant role in the Green Industrial Revolution\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>St Helens Borough Council leader, David Baines, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s great to be here today to see construction begin on Glass Futures, the state-of-the-art, globally significant project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next year, the glass research and innovation facility will be built on the brownfield site of the former United Glassworks, with a focus on decarbonising glass production.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will once again put St Helens at the forefront of glass innovation and help us play a significant role in the Green Industrial Revolution, leading the way for other industries to cut their carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that work has begun only two years since the scheme was conceived is testament to some exceptional partnership working, and I\u2019d like to thank Glass Futures and everyone involved for their efforts in getting us to this stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Building back from the economic fallout from Covid-19\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool City Region, commented: \u201cJust a few months ago, the UK hosted world leaders at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/cop26-the-built-environment\/102381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COP26 summit in Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was agreed there that urgent action is needed to tackle the emergency we face from climate change. Glass Futures is a prime example of how we can do that \u2013 whilst also building back from the economic fallout from Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSt Helens has always been a global leader in the glass industry and Glass Futures will be a key part of making sure it retains that role in the future of the industry as it decarbonises, whilst being a key driver for jobs and skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018A substantial steppingstone to cutting emissions\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Glass Futures\u2019 chief executive, Richard Katz, also stated: \u201cWith the ground-breaking ceremony, Glass Futures has reached a real milestone in the delivery of its Global Centre of Excellence for glass in R&amp;D, innovation and training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue for completion next year, we will be targeting the elimination of carbon from mass production in the glass industry, as well as other Foundation Industries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cFor the future of mankind, it\u2019s essential the world wakes up to the damage it\u2019s doing to itself and collectively acts now to dramatically reduce fossil fuel emissions whether from industry, transport, agriculture or domestic heating. \u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Glass Futures\u2019 hot glass experimental facility is a substantial stepping stone to cutting emissions, designed to work both collaboratively or privately with industry to identify and deliver sustainable alternatives to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/liquid-fossil-fuels-uk-construction\/96457\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> fossil fuels<\/a>. 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