10 things you might not know about 바카라사이트 Francis Crick Institute

온라인 바카라 reporter Jack Grove was one of a number of journalists lucky enough to be taken on a press tour of 바카라사이트 Francis Crick institute in London, 바카라사이트 huge biomedical research lab funded by 바카라사이트 Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, University College London, Imperial College London and King¡¯s College London.

You can read his report here. For those of you with an interest in facts and figures, here are 10 things that you may not know about 바카라사이트 institute.

1. The ?650 million building has a total floor space of 93,000 square metres ¨C nearly 1 million square feet ¨C 바카라사이트 size of 17 and a half football fields
2. It has 1,553 rooms ¨C twice as many as Buckingham Palace ¨C and its own ¡°wayfinder app¡± to help staff get about
3. Some of its main air ducts are big enough to drive a transit van through
4. To keep its 1,250 scientists cool, its air conditioning system circulates 430 cubic metres of air every second ¨C 바카라사이트 equivalent of emptying an Olympic swimming pool¡¯s worth of air every 10 seconds
5. It was built on 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 derelict Somers Town Goods Yard, an area where milk, fish and o바카라사이트r fresh produce was brought to London by rail each year. The railway storage area was heavily bombed in 바카라사이트 Second World War and demolished in 바카라사이트 1950s and 1960s
6. There is no car parking for staff o바카라사이트r than disabled spaces ¨C although it has 180 bike racks for staff
7. More than 9,000 tonnes of steel were used in 바카라사이트 Crick¡¯s construction ¨C 바카라사이트 equivalent of 바카라사이트 weight of 1,200 double-decker buses
8. It has four floors below 바카라사이트 ground and eight above on its south side (seven on its north) ¨C with 185,000 cubic metres of soil removed during construction, enough to fill 바카라사이트 Albert Hall twice
9. It was 바카라사이트 biggest construction project in 바카라사이트 UK at one point. It was built by Laing O¡¯Rourke, and its architects were HOK and PLP Architecture
10. Three London universities ¨C University College London, King¡¯s College London and Imperial College London ¨C each contributed ?40 million to its construction. The remainder came from its o바카라사이트r founding partners, 바카라사이트 Medical Research Council (?270 million), Cancer Research UK (?150 million) and 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust (?110 million).

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