MAT had full design and build responsibility for a large suite at Imperial College London containing eight CL3 laboratories, one CL2 laboratory, two ISO class 7 cleanrooms, a freezer room, and an autoclave room.

The Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London hosts investigators studying all aspects of infectious disease, with a mission to "apply excellent science and develop new approaches to address the unmet clinical needs for the control of infectious disease, both here in the UK and internationally." To achieve these ambitious aims, it needs to offer facilities of the highest standard, able to host research that may involve infectious pathogens. 

MAT has completed several successful projects at Imperial and was chosen to work with main contractor Walter Lilly to design and build the containment laboratories and cleanrooms contained within the refurbishment of four floors in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building on Imperial's South Kensington Campus, the department's new dedicated location.

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