Construction work has begun at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital on a new £12.6 million University of Leicester Cardiovascular Research Centre that will double the amount of space available there for world-class heart research.
Morgan Sindall is to construct the Centre – a four-storey extension to the hospital’s existing clinical sciences wing, which houses the University’s medical research and teaching facilities. The 2,200 m2 facility was designed by ADP Architects, and is due for February 2012 completion. The Centre (see artist’s impression) will house new laboratories, a “biobank” capable of storing samples from 100,000 individuals, a Clinical Research Informatics Unit, and a Data to Knowledge Unit, which together will capture, code, and translate, anonymous patient data for research.
