Delivering solutions for the scientific and medical research sector

At Rock, we’ve given the benefit of our expertise in waterproofing and renewable technology to many different types of project. These include hotels, office developments, schools and colleges, retail centres and car parking facilities. But in recent years we’ve found ourselves gaining a reputation for our work in another, highly specialised area – scientific and medical research facilities.

Much of the UK’s economic prosperity depends on its scientific base, which has attracted billions of pounds of investment. As Rock and our partners in the construction industry know, labs have demands quite unlike those of most other buildings. They must accommodate sophisticated technology and potentially hazardous processes, and be flexible enough to respond to changes in technologies and research programmes. Scientific research is fast moving and often driven by commercial imperative and the need to compete globally.

Rock’s experience in this sector has given us a keen appreciation of its requirements. Recent projects include Imperial College’s L Block for Bovis, the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge for BAM and the Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute (OMPI) for Mace Plus. Further details of all three can be found in the Projects section of this website.