A £16m funding package was granted to build the state-of-the-art Imaging Centre for Excellence (ICE) at the University of Glasgow. The ground-breaking new centre provides world-leading clinical research facilities and a hub for academic, scientific and NHS clinical expertise into brain imaging in diseases such as stroke, dementia and brain tumours.
With aims to become a global centre of excellence for precision medicine, the building was designed to home Scotland’s first 7 Tesla MRI scanner – the first of its kind in the UK in a clinical setting.
Additionally, a 22,000sq-foot Clinical Innovation Zone was created – a space dedicated to biomedical companies, which will facilitate industry collaborations and the development of innovative healthcare technology. Also built was a further floor of neurosurgery operating theatres.
Working with door supplier Aspex as well as principal contractor BAM Construction, Vistamatic provided 20no 250 x 800 standard, and 28no laser protected Vista Max vision panels to the project. The panels were a mix of fire and non-fire rated, with both single- and double-sided lever handle operation. Laser protection was needed in all theatre areas, as either the main entrance or on utility room doors to guard against the escape of laser beams.
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