Queen’s University Belfast is building the $55 million School of Biological Sciences in the United Kingdom. Providing advanced teaching and research facilities, the 118,400-sf project will support programs in food science, agriculture, infectious diseases, environmental science, and waste management. Designed by Scott Tallon Walker, the facility will house the Institute for Global Food Security as well as accommodating the School of Biological Sciences’ 170 staff and 750 students. BREEAM Excellent sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which will feature a ground source heat pump, a combined heat and power engine, and ventilation heat recovery units. The general contractor is O’Hare and McGovern. Completion is expected in August of 2018.
