SES will start on site this month to install a whole range of services at the world-class laboratories and research facilities.

Morgan Sindall’s main contract for the job is worth £40m. Project completion set for Summer 2015.

As an integral part of the delivery of the project, SES will utilise its PRISM off-site manufacturing arm to construct and test its installations.

SES’s London & South East Regional Director, Tim Cunningham, said: “The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology represents an exciting opportunity to create a leading research facility, the first of its kind, which will enable the University of Cambridge to bring together top scientific and entrepreneurial minds in a vibrant, creative environment.

“We are working collaboratively with the other consultants appointed and the University to ensure that the technical complexity of this project is met with carefully considered, effective M&E solutions and design components to deliver this exciting new facility.”

Bob Ensch, area director for Morgan Sindall, said: “As you would expect from the University of Cambridge, the new laboratories will be of a standard best described as world class.

“The West Cambridge site blends academic and commercial buildings and provides the physical space that allows the University to create state-of-the-art facilities which not only compete with other leading international universities but also act as a pioneering centre for collaborative research with industry.”