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  • JMP are proud to have worked on the Australian Synchrotron winner
    of the 2007 National Property Council of Australia Innovation and
    Excellence Award in Public Buildings.
    AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON PROJECT
  • The Australian Synchrotron, which
    opened in 2005, is a world-class
    research facility that uses
    accelerator technology to produce a
    powerful source of light, x-rays and
    infrared radiation that are a million
    times brighter than the sun.
    Researchers use it to analyse the
    structure and composition of
    materials with a level of detail,
    speed and accuracy not
    possible in conventional
    laboratories.
  • The Synchrotron supports a broad range of
    advanced research for sectors including biomedicine,
    environmental services, food technologies,
    manufacturing, minerals, natural resources
    pharmaceuticals, forensics, and defence.
  • JMP were contracted to design
    the 116 metre diameter (13,000
    sq m), circular building that
    would isolate external vibrations
    and provide a vast, column-free
    span. Most international
    synchrotrons are ultra-sensitive
    to vibration and built in relatively
    isolated areas and a challenge
    for our team was that the
    Australian Synchrotron building
    is located in an urban
    environment with a major road
    and industrial facilities close by.
  • During the design process a
    significant number of highly
    customised and ingenious
    solutions were developed to
    provide a building with very tight
    tolerances to act as a protective
    shell for the highly advanced
    and extremely sensitive
    equipment.
  • The Australian
    Synchrotron winner of
    the 2007 National
    Property Council of
    Australia Innovation and
    Excellence Award in
    Public Buildings and
    JMP are proud to have
    worked on the
    engineering of this
    significant research
    facility.

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