Greencore moves to Culham Innovation Centre

Low-carbon building specialist, Greencore Construction, has taken office space at Culham Innovation Centre following an increase in residential and commercial property customers seeking to take advantage of significant energy savings gained from eco-buildings. Founded by Ian Pritchett and Martin Pike two and half years ago, Greencore Construction has doubled in size over the last year. … Read more

RACE construction now completed

RACE 3

The construction phase of the UKAEA’s new RACE building is now finished.   RACE Director Rob Buckingham is understandably delighted: “We are pleased to announce the arrival of RACE – UKAEA and new baby are both doing well! I’d like to thank all the staff on site who have helped with the construction of RACE. … Read more

Advanced Engineering Spotlight

Construction of the upgraded Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) facility, commonly referred to as the MAST Upgrade, is on target for completion by the end of next year with a fully commissioned system operating by the middle of 2017. The major rebuild will enable scientists in UKAEA’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) to explore … Read more

Business Meets Excellence

Business-Meets-Excellence

Culham Conference Centre is a significant asset available to all tenants who can benefit from an extremely generous discounted rate for the hire of meeting rooms (2 – 70 delegates) and the John Adams Lecture Theatre (234 seated delegates) combined with fantastic catering. Owned by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and managed by Elior, one … Read more

Intelligent Beds

Bed

Established 15 years ago and a Culham Science Centre occupier for seven years, Montcalm International is entering an exciting new era as it creates an R&D space on site to advance its research of assisted technology for hospital beds. The company already provides over 3000 acute care hospital ward beds almost exclusively to the NHS, … Read more

Sharing Science

SharingScience

Culham Innovation Centre has launched a pilot lab space scheme to provide science and technology start-ups with a combination of affordable shared laboratory and office space. New and established businesses that move to the centre will also benefit from a unique Technical Support Package, provided by Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. The pilot scheme will … Read more

BAE Collaboration Welcomed

SABRE-3

BAE Systems plc. and Reaction Engines Limited have started a working collaboration to accelerate Reaction Engines’ development of SABRE – a new aerospace engine class that combines jet and rocket technologies with the potential to revolutionise hypersonic flight and the economics of space access. The working partnership sees £20.6 million investment from BAE Systems in … Read more

MRF Handover

The grand opening of the Materials Research Facility (MRF) is due to take place during Spring 2016 with building contractor E G Carter expected to handover keys to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) imminently. Data gathered from scientists using the new facility could be used to make nuclear power stations safer helping to extend … Read more