Project location
Liverpool, UK

Project description
Phased expansion of biotechnology facility

Key features

• Complex retrofit and phased expansion of existing biotech facility
• Multiple interfaces with manufacturing, tight production shutdown window
• Complex automation of manufacturing process

Biotechnology Site Expansion

Services by WSP

• Site Master Plan
• FEED
• Detail Design
• Validation

WSP contact
Christopher Davy

Project location
Osong, South Korea

Project description
The new facility is Prestige Bio’s first production plant, and most advanced R&D facility. The combined facility was designed and built in phases.

Key data
Gross floor area: 9,980 m²
Site area: 10,560 m²
Floors: 6F / B1F

Prestige Bio GMP Plant and R&D Center

Services by WSP

• Construction Management
• Construction Supervision

Innovation
Wheel heat recovery for HVAC system

Timeline
08/2017 – 10/2019

Project value (CAPEX)
Confidential

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Project location
Kvistgaard, Denmark

Project description
Extension of existing office Building 6 for a new production plant of vaccine to meet the demand of this vaccine.

Key data
Production plant: 4000 m²
Office building: 1000 m²

Services by WSP

• Building Permit
• Supervision for extension of substations and emergency power
• Design review for the electrical and HVAC installations according to the Danish regulation
• Design review of the sewer installation
• Design review of the complete static construction including the final report to the building authorities

Bavarian Nordic, Building 6, FnF

Timeline
01/2018 – 06/2020

Project value (CAPEX)
Confidential

WSP contact
Bo Olsen

Project location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Project description
This facility is for the manufacture of cells for the following uses:

• Cell Therapies – Cancer Vaccine, Spray on Cells, T cells, Stem Cells
• Engineered Tissues- Ocular cardiovascular and neurological regeneration
• Medical Devices – Hip implants, disk repair, neural probes
• Drug Discovery – Using live cells in pharmaceutical research
• Organ on a chip models

Key data
Production plant: 4000 m²
Office building: 1000 m²

Services by WSP
MEP Engineering

Innovation
3D Revit BIM model and visualization

Future Ready®
Flexible space designed for a wide variety of research and development

Georgia Institute of Technology Cell Manufacturing

Timeline
01/2017 – 06/2018

Project value (CAPEX)
Confidential

WSP contact
Mike Connor

Project location
Wrexham, UK

Project description
Ipsen instigated a project to design and build a new GMP Manufacturing Facility (BPS2) to produce process development, clinical trial manufacture & commercial launch batches of multiple new recombinant toxin API’s.

Services by WSP

• EPCM services
• Project management
• Detailed design of:
• Process equipment
• Architectural
• Civil/Structural
• Electrical
• Specialist HVAC
• Civil/Structural
• Electrical
• HVAC and Building
• Construction management
• Validation

Aseptic Process Suite – Facility Upgrade

Timeline
2018

Project value (CAPEX)
Confidential

WSP contact
Peter Hunt

Project location
Liverpool, UK

Project description
This retrofit and phased expansion of an existing biotechnology facility aimed to reduce costs by increasing efficiency, increasing yield, reducing waste and increasing process automation – including multiple interfaces with manufacturing

Automation Upgrade at Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facility

Key data

• 15% increase in yield
• 25% reduction in seasonal labour
• 8% decrease in reject rate

Services by WSP

• Design services
• Process consulting

WSP contact
Christopher Davy

Project location
Australia

Project description
GlaxoSmithKline Blow Fill Seal Facility HVAC Upgrade included major air handling units within a live manufacturing environment, serving production critical areas within the GlaxoSmithKline Boronia site.

Key feature
The project delivery was a very fast-track program and further challenged by significant existing site constraints. 

HVAC Upgrade for GlaxoSmithKline
Blow Fill Seal Facility

To keep all existing pharmaceutical manufacturing processes uninterrupted, which would otherwise have resulted in significant loss of production costs, a new roof top plant room was built to accommodate the new mechanical plant, including an air handling plant and central boiler plant.

Services by WSP
Building services

WSP contact
Jason Pleaner

Project location
Canada

Project description
WSP helped a pharma company expand its range of products, providing all the engineering services needed to support the launch of its new solid dosage form for North American and European markets.

Key feature
WSP was selected to support the development of the concept design

Solid Dosage Forms Pharmaceutical
Production Facility

for the new dosage form, which would entail the partial refurbishment of an existing building for the production facility and an extension to facilities for bulk storage, mechanical rooms, and receiving and shipping. 

Services by WSP
Building services

WSP contact
Richard Fecteau

Project location
Helsingborg, Scania, Sweden

Project description
The McNeil plant is a very complex site, with multiple levels over multiple buildings. McNeil AB sought to optimize the flow of materials and people through the buildings, and develop a credible concept design and capital investment plan.

McNeil Plant

Services by WSP

• BIM
• Revit 3D

WSP contact
Patrik Holmquist