New labs and cleanroom for Cardiff Cluster

Author: EIS Release Date: Feb 26, 2020

BES of  Heywood has completed an £8.1 million project for the South Wales Compound Semiconductor Cluster to design, construct and commission an IS07-classified cleanroom along with a number of laboratory environments, including a photonics lab, a power electronics lab, an advanced packaging suite, an evaluation lab, a radio frequency lab and a high-power lab.

 

All labs and cleanrooms have been constructed from specialist cleanroom partitioning and contain client equipment including Climate Chambers, a Shaker Chamber and optical tables.

 

“The Catapult Innovation Centre is located at the heart of the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales and will play a pivotal role in building on the UK’s world-leading expertise in the sector, through innovation, testing and research,” says BES md Steve Marsh.

 

BES was also responsible for the design and installation of a new plant room on the second floor to accommodate the project’s complex heating, ventilation, and air conditioning requirements, along with a new ground floor substation.

 

The project also involved construction of open plan offices, which comprise a number of meeting rooms, breakout spaces, a boardroom and a sunken split-level amphitheatre.

 

These facilities will allow clients to work collaboratively with the Catapult team and provide a research space for academia and public bodies.