The development is set to support the country’s green energy transition. Credit: Stantec.

Stantec has been appointed to provide integrated design services for a £4bn ($5.06bn) battery manufacturing facility in the UK.

The facility is being developed by Agratas, Tata Group’s global battery business, at the Gravity Smart Campus.

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Stantec’s integrated services will encompass architecture, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, and civil engineering, alongside risk management, planning compliance, building information modelling management, and landscape architecture.

Comprising three separate buildings and ancillary structures, the manufacturing facility is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs and support the country’s green energy transition.

The facility will feature new technologies and resource-efficient processes to produce sustainable battery cells of high quality and performance, destined to power hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles.

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Stantec president and CEO Gord Johnston said: “The Agratas facility will be pioneering in battery cell production, addressing demand in the advanced manufacturing space in the UK head on, while benefiting productivity, the climate, and the economy.

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“Stantec has strong capabilities in the advanced manufacturing space, and we look forward to working closely with Agratas to provide our significant breadth and depth of experience and support the successful completion of its project.”

Stantec said it played a crucial role, for more than 15 years, in preparing the Gravity site for selection as the UK base for Agratas’ new facility.

Drees & Sommer, a strategic partner, will contribute clean room/dry room design services while other consultants will offer fire protection engineering and building control services, ensuring a comprehensive approach to the facility’s development.

Agratas Capital Projects vice-president Joe Hibbert said: “We look forward to working with Stantec to design the UK’s largest battery cell manufacturing facility. Using state-of-the-art technology, our facility will power the transition to electric mobility and clean energy storage.

“Our partnership with Stantec is the next step in our mission to deliver best-in-class battery solutions for our global customers.”