University determined to rebuild 拢16m chemistry lab
Morgan Sindall鈥檚 under-construction 拢16m laboratory building for Nottingham University burnt to the ground overnight on Friday.
The external structure of the Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry building was largely completed and it was due to open next year, before the fire, but it has now been largely destroyed.
A spokesperson for Morgan Sindall said: 鈥淓veryone on the project team has been working hard to deliver this state-of-the-art low carbon laboratory for the university and we are of course greatly saddened to see the devastation caused by the fire.
鈥淲e are supporting the fire service investigation into the cause of the incident and thank its officers for their efforts last night to tackle and contain the blaze.鈥�
A Nottingham university spokesperson told the Nottingham Post that it 鈥渕aintains its commitment to a carbon neutral green chemistry laboratory.
The spokesperson added: 鈥淲e are considering this to be a setback to our plans, there is a determination to re-build but at this stage it is far too early to say whether this will be on the same site, how much it might cost and when we could expect to see that facility open.
鈥淭here will need to be detailed discussions with our partner GSK and the contractors who have worked on the project.鈥�
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