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Kier<\/a> has completed and handed over the new multi-million pound Global Centre of Innovation at Infineum\u2019s UK headquarters, near Didcot<\/h2>\n

To celebrate the opening of the new multi-million pound centre, Kier representatives attended a ceremony alongside key employees from Infineum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new 33,500ft\u00b2 centre delivers the necessary infrastructure to support Infineum\u2019s technology leadership to enable improved innovation. It has generated more than 50 new jobs for talented chemists and engineers and includes new laboratories for research and development, collaborative meeting spaces, office space, and a new restaurant.<\/p>\n

Mark Pausey, managing director at Kier Regional Building Central, said: \u201cWe have worked closely and collaboratively with Infineum for the duration of the build.<\/p>\n

“As with all of our projects, we have prioritised safety at every aspect of the build, employing a full-time safety manager and working closely with the clients team of safety professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to be handing this project over, allowing innovation to thrive and employees to research and develop new products in Infineum\u2019s brand-new high spec laboratories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laura Salamon, project manager at Infineum, said: \u201cWe at Infineum are extremely proud of our new Global Centre of Innovation, which is a state-of-the-art new building<\/a> encompassing new laboratories for research and development equipped with the latest technologies, a variety of collaborative meeting spaces with innovative design throughout, offices and a new restaurant for all employees and visitors.<\/p>\n

“We have received universal enthusiastic praise from all our colleagues about the high quality of the finishes and how well space was designed, meeting all the project deliverables.”<\/p>\n

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