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News Release from: SES Shepherd Engineering Services | Subject: Defra Weybridge
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2004
Back up power for large Defra lab
Four-storey development will have the capacity to cope with any future large-scale serological testing requirements for livestock disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth disease
SES recently installed an impressive seven-metre long, 16-cylinder, turbo charged diesel generator in to the bespoke energy centre at its £10m building services contract at Defra in Weybridge, UK The 16 tonne monster, which has a rating of 2000kva, 1600Kw at a 0.8 power factor, will be used as the back up energy source for a new large laboratory block if there is any disruption to the building's regular power supply
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 17 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Currently under construction, the installation forms part of the total £31.7m Veterinary Laboratories Agency's phase 1 redevelopment project comprising the construction of a new 10,000m2 combined laboratory and office building with a separate 1200m2 energy centre.
When completed next year, the new four-storey development will have the capacity to cope with any future large-scale serological testing requirements for livestock disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth disease.
It will also be used for research and diagnosis into bacterial diseases of farm livestock, especially tuberculosis in cattle.
The principal contractor for the phase 1 development is Shepherd Construction, and the building is due to officially open in spring 2005.
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