Life Sciences
Creating exceptional research and innovation spaces

The UK’s thriving life sciences sector represents some of the most pioneering medical and scientific research anywhere in the world.

The facilities which are home to this highly detailed work must be tailored to suit the specific needs and standards required for a myriad of applications, with biopharmaceutical tech, medical tech and genomics central pillars of the sector. That’s why our UK-wide multidisciplinary engineering and environmental team develops optimum, climate-resilient solutions to unlock the potential of every life sciences scheme, whether these focus on the redevelopment or extension of existing buildings or are entirely new facilities.

Building in flexibility from the outset, we ensure these assets keep pace with the constantly evolving requirements of life sciences operators and stakeholders, adding value by ensuring they remain viable for longer. As our industry forges a path to a greener future, we embed climate resilience within all our designs, embracing circularity and driving-down embodied, operational and whole-life carbon.

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Our UK-wide multidisciplinary engineering and environmental team develops optimum, climate-resilient solutions to unlock the potential of every life sciences scheme, whether these focus on the redevelopment or extension of existing buildings or are entirely new facilities.

Featured Project

Eastpoint Science Park

The Eastpoint Science Park scheme will transform the existing business park to offer 200,000 sq ft of premium life sciences space across a range of new buildings.

Arranged across three new four-story laboratory buildings and a single-story amenity building, the development will incorporate a flexible mix of 55% CL2 laboratory space and 45% office space to support advanced research and collaboration.

The scheme includes a revitalised public realm with pedestrian-friendly pathways, and active ground-floor spaces, along with a range of amenities. Key features include a ‘Learning Lab’ where local students can access state-of-the-art STEM facilities and interact with industry professionals. A publicly accessible café, social hub, and green spaces will also help create a vibrant community centre.

Waterman has been involved with Eastpoint Science Park from the outset, seeing us provide multidisciplinary support. Our structural specialists developed a design solution which delivers optimum floor-to-ceiling heights, whilst maximising the flexibility of floorplates to accommodate multiple tenancies. Based around steel frames with concrete slabs, the specific vibration and load-bearing requirements of life sciences tenants and their specialist equipment have been incorporated across each of the buildings.

In addition, our environmental team delivered a wide range of specialist designs and reports, including civil engineering, flood risk, acoustics, ecology, air quality and arboriculture, whilst our sustainability experts conducted the pre-demolition audit and carried out the EPC for the scheme.

The Beehive Centre

Spread across a seven-hectare site, the Beehive Centre redevelopment will see the former retail park transformed into a major new centre for technology and life sciences in Cambridge.

Cambridge Science Park

Spanning 23-acres in central Cambridge’s Cherry Hinton area, Mission Street’s and BGO’s scheme will deliver one million sq ft of space across seven buildings.

Eastpoint Science Park – Oxford

The Eastpoint Science Park scheme will transform the existing business park to offer 200,000 sq ft of premium life sciences space across a range of new buildings.

BioCity Nottingham

This significant project involved the transformation of a former Boots and BASF pharmaceutical complex to create a new home for young bioscience businesses through a partnership between the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and East Midlands Development Agency.

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