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Research and Knowledge Hub Reaches Construction Milestone
Jan 12 2014
Local dignitaries, funders and contractors recently gathered at Norwich Research Park to celebrate the ‘topping out’ ceremony of the new Centrum building, a knowledge hub destined to become one of Europe's leading centres for research in food, health and the environment.
The new £11.5M complex, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and built by Morgan Sindall, is due to open in Spring. It is part of a larger multi-million pound BBSRC investment in the Park to deliver innovation from the research base, new jobs and economic growth.
Steve Visscher, BBSRC's Deputy Chief Executive, said: "As this campus develops, it will continue to bring valuable jobs and further investment to the region. The Centrum building not only offers the opportunity to work alongside world-leading researchers, it will provide excellent facilities, scientific services and business support so that innovation can flourish."
Richard Bacon MP marked the occasion – known as the 'topping out ceremony' – traditionally by pouring a bottle of locally brewed beer onto the roof for good luck.
The recently-relaunched Lacons beer was chosen to highlight the power of bioscience; its reintroduction was only possible after scientists at the Park revived 'sleeping' yeast for the first time in more than 50 years. The yeast was part of the BBSRC-funded National Collection of Yeast Cultures, housed at the Institute of Food Research on the Park.
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