Steel creating new Oxford high-spec technology park

Eleven steel-framed structures are being erected to create the Oxford Technology Park, located north of the city centre and close to Oxford Kidlington Airport.

Encompassing more than 20-acres of land, the scheme is set to form an integral part of the city’s science and technology-based expansion by providing the next generation of office, research & development, laboratory and production space.

Working on behalf of developer and main contractor Oxtec, TSI Structures is fabricating, supplying and erecting 2,300t of steelwork for 10 of the project’s buildings.

The majority of the buildings are known as Hybrid Buildings by the developer. They are aimed at accommodating the rapid growth of Oxford’s life science companies. The structures provide state-of-the-art office and advanced R&D laboratory space and are up 3,200m² in size and typically have two internal spans up to 30m-long.

The self-contained two-storey hybrid buildings are 10m-high and provide a contemporary office style frontage but with flexible internal space allowing the office and R&D laboratory content of buildings to vary to suit an occupier’s requirements. This internal flexibility is provided by partition walls that can be removed or repositioned, allowing the floorplates to be subdivided into a number of smaller spaces or one large area.

Work is expected to be completed on the scheme in 2024.