Wood appointed as laboratory engineers to deliver Australian Institute for Infectious Diseases

Wood has been appointed as laboratory engineers for the visionary Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID).

The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease is a collaborative project to bring the nation’s greatest scientific and medical re搜索 minds together to provide a rapid, coordinated response to current and future pandemics.

The AUD 650 million investment is a visionary initiative of the AIID Foundation Partners: the University of Melbourne, 多尔蒂研究所和伯内特研究所, with the Victorian State Government as Major Supporting Partner.

Wood is working in partnership with Aurecon (Lead Engineers) and alongside Principal Consultant and architect Wardle, who are leading the collaboration with Wilson Architects, international workplace specialist Studio O+A and laboratory specialist Perkins and Will, 设计建筑.

The AIID will be housed in a state-of-the-art facility in Melbourne’s world-leading Biomedical Precinct accommodating up to 1,000名科学家, 研究人员, multi-disciplinary experts and staff members. aiaid将专注于基因组学, 诊断, 治疗, 疫苗研究, clinical trials and data and public health re搜索. The high-tech building will include features such as:

• One of the largest high-containment PC3 (Physical Containment level 3) facilities in the Southern Hemisphere, 使识别, isolation and characterisation of new viruses and other infectious diseases
• A combination of specialist and flexible PC2 (Physical Containment level 2) laboratories, allowing the development of new vaccine technologies such as mRNA
• Human infection challenge unit, designed to accelerate the development of new medicines and vaccines
• Drug screening, imaging and testing needed for early-stage human drug and 疫苗研究
• Robotic biobanking to efficiently and safely store biomedical samples from large clinical trials
• Industry engagement spaces to create an innovation-focused entrepreneurial environment that supports the translation of promising discoveries into the successful commercialisation of medical products and services to deliver patient benefit
• Purpose designed spaces to support public health re搜索 including dry laboratories, interview rooms and spaces for community engagement and co-design work.

弗雷德里克Jeunet, 生命科学副总裁, 澳大利亚说, “Wood has previously assisted the University of Melbourne in delivering several complex laboratory projects and high containment facilities in its re搜索 precinct, including the Doherty Institute and the Bio21 stage 2B facility and are excited to be working on this world-class facility project”.

Design Guidelines for the AIID have been developed with key emphases on reflecting a shared purpose and identity between Foundation Partners, 培养协作, 激发好奇心和探索精神, 可持续性, 灵活性和效率, 包容性, engagement with the precinct and providing a safe and secure facility.

Demolition of the existing buildings on the site will be undertaken in 2024, 建设将于2025年开始.

Wood has a track record of designing and delivering complex medical re搜索 and laboratory projects across Australia, 包括CSIRO的 Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness， CSL总部及R&D Laboratories (Project Hawara) and Monash University Medicine 制造业 Innovation Centre.