Reports

First-stage Report of the Council on the project to fit out additional laboratory space at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute building

The Council begs leave to report to the University as follows:

1. In this Report the Council is seeking approval in principle for fitting out additional laboratory facilities for the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute on the Addenbrooke’s Site as set out below.

2. The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) opened in a new purpose-built facility (the Li Ka Shing Centre) in January 2007. At that time the third floor was left as shelled space available for future expansion. Following successful review, and the appointment of a new Director, the University and Cancer Research UK have formally recorded a shared aspiration to support an expansion in the Institute’s research by fitting out this space by the end of 2014.

3. The Council now proposes that the shelled third-floor space should be fitted out to provide new laboratory space. Additionally, some alteration of existing first-floor space will be carried out. This project was anticipated in the transfer of the Institute from Cancer Research UK to the University in January 2013 and is recognized as a priority by the School of Clinical Medicine.

4. CRUK CI currently houses 350 staff, including 20 research groups, in the Li Ka Shing Centre. It is proposed to fit out the third floor as a combination of conventional wet laboratory space and areas dedicated to bioinformatics work. Part of the first floor, currently used for bioinformatics work, will be modified to provide additional wet laboratory space. In total the preliminary design adds 90 wet bench spaces, approximately 85 bioinformatics spaces, and a further 42 flexible work stations as well as additional server and meeting room facilities. This will allow the expansion of the Institute to comprise approximately 570 staff including 35 research groups and is consistent with the five-year funding plan for the Institute.

5. The proposed works will:

• significantly expand the state-of-the-art facilities for cancer-related research on the Addenbrooke’s site;

• leverage the existing research infrastructure already present within the building to increase efficiency;

• address the particular shortage of space for bioinformatics research in the existing building by providing a significant amount of new space of this type.

6. The total cost of the project has been estimated at £6m, which includes the costs of building works, laboratory furniture, and small laboratory equipment. The majority of the funding will come from Cancer Research UK and the balance from the University under a funding agreement established at the time of the transfer of the Institute into the University. The project cost is based on a start on site in late 2013 with completion in late 2014 / early 2015.

7. Further details relating to the design, maintenance, and recurrent costs, with proposals for funding, will be brought to future meetings of the Buildings Committee and the Planning and Resources Committee. A Second-stage Report will be published later this year.

8. Drawings of the proposed scheme are displayed for the information of the University in the Schools Arcade. A map showing the location is set out below (p. 618).

9. The Council recommends:

I. That approval in principle be given for the fit-out of laboratory space in the CRUK CI building as proposed in this Report.

II. That, if required by the scope of the project, the Director of Estate Management be authorized to apply for detailed Planning Approval in due course.

4 June 2013	L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor	David Good	Rosalyn Old
	N. Bampos	Andy Hopper	Susan Oosthuizen
	Charles Bell	Fiona Karet	Rachael Padman
	Jeremy Caddick	F. P. Kelly	Shirley Pearce
	Stephen J. Cowley	Robert Lethbridge	John Shakeshaft
	Athene Donald	Mark Lewisohn	Sam Wakeford
	I. M. Le M. Du Quesnay	Rebecca Lingwood	I. H. White
	Nicholas Gay	Mavis McDonald	A. D. Yates

CRUK CI location maps