{"id":53269,"date":"2019-03-01T11:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T11:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=53269"},"modified":"2019-03-01T12:30:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T12:30:19","slug":"biochemistry-building-laing-orourke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/biochemistry-building-laing-orourke\/53269\/","title":{"rendered":"Laing O\u2019Rourke to deliver Oxford University Biochemistry Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a contract with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/\">University of Oxford<\/a> to complete the construction of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioch.ox.ac.uk\/\">Biochemistry Building<\/a>, due for completion in December 2020<\/h2>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-soho-place\/53062\/\">phase of construction<\/a> of the Biochemistry Building was successfully delivered by Laing O\u2019Rourke in 2008 and this phase will be the latest project in what will be a near 20-year continuous collaboration with the University of\u00a0Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>A key success factor in delivering the project will be to significantly de-risk the construction process within a live and very busy science, teaching and research site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> will do this\u00a0through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-refinancing\/52745\/\">application and integration<\/a> of significant DfMA 70:60:30 activities for the concrete structures, alongside the extensive use of MEP vertical risers and horizontal distribution service modules and plant rooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/who-we-are\/about-us.aspx\">Liam Cummins<\/a>, Head of UK Building said: \u201cThe project is in total alignment with our 2025 mission to be the recognised leader of innovation and excellence in the construction industry and we look forward to bringing our sector expertise to work once again with The University of Oxford.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a contract with the University of Oxford to complete the construction of their Biochemistry Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,676,997,620],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-laing-orourke"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laing O\u2019Rourke to deliver Oxford University Biochemistry Building<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a contract with the University of Oxford to complete the construction of their Biochemistry Building\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/biochemistry-building-laing-orourke\/53269\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke to deliver Oxford University Biochemistry Building\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a contract with the University of Oxford to complete the construction of their Biochemistry Building\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/biochemistry-building-laing-orourke\/53269\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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