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FUSION Projects - £17m Biotechnology 'ringfence'
at GlaxoWellcome, Beckenham
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of FUSION in practice.
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Location:
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Biotechnology
Facility, GlaxoWellcome Research & Development, Beckenham, Kent.
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Description:
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Consolidation
of Biotechnology capability and associated services, involving 20 different
facility projects and 20 infrastructure projects. |
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Purpose
of project:
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Effectively
to 'ringfence' this aspect of the company's operations within a quarter
of the 107-acre site allowing the remainder to be sold for redevelopment. |
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Time-scale:
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18
months from January 1997. |
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Attributes:
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A
highly complex project that was constantly challenged by the continually
changing requirements of the sell-off programme. |
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Successes:
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Business
needs were met on time and to budget. The facilities provided met the users'
needs at the end of the project - not just at the outset. Work started seven
months earlier than it would have done using traditional methods, with a
further six months reduction on the time to completion . This saved £2.25m
on time alone. Lean Design and Right First Time construction methods resulted
in a 550 man months reduction in resources. This equated to a 20% saving
in manpower worth £1.5 million. A further £750K being saved by minimising
reworking. |
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