McNEIL PLANT, HELSINGBORG
SWEDEN A WSP TEAM OF EXPERTS DRAWN FROM TWO COUNTRIES COLLABORATED TO DELIVER AN EXPERTLY TAILORED EXPANSION STRATEGY FOR THIS COMPLEX PHARMACEUTICAL SITE.
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In December 2010, WSP’s Swedish office was approached by McNeil, a subsidiary of global pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, to bid for a concept strategy for a ten-year capital investment plan for its site in Helsingborg, Sweden. It was a request that was won by WSP and that led to a unique collaboration between its pharmaceutical experts in Sweden and the UK.
“It was a fast-track project,” explains Chris Davy, Senior Consultant at WSP CEL in the UK. “They wanted the strategy completed over an eight-week period, rather than the 12-14 weeks it would normally
take.They needed a team who could be coordinated quickly, who had experience in the pharmaceutical industry and in their particular area, and who also had good experience of the Swedish construction market to provide cost estimates.”
The ten-strong WSP team included four UK engineers from WSP CEL and six from three different Swedish offices, between them bringing many years of experience of working within the pharmaceutical industry. “It’s a very complex site, with multiple levels over multiple buildings, and they wanted us to understand and optimise the flow of materials and people through the buildings and develop a credible concept design and capital investment plan for the next ten years,” says Chris Davy.
To enable the client to visualise WSP’s strategy, Chris Davy proposed the use of BIM and Revit 3D to develop a unique 5D model incorporating scope, schedule and
cost.This provided the client with real-time walk- throughs and an ideal presentation tool to use with senior management to demonstrate clearly how the expansion programme would develop over time. “Many people can’t
understand 2D plans, but this was like a movie. We started with level ground, and you could see the buildings shooting up and equipment being fitted out in the facility. The client was blown away.”
In fact, during WSP’s customer feedback process, the concept study received a score of 100% positive feedback. The successful completion of the concept strategy led to an invitation to prequalify for a global services agreement for Johnson & Johnson, so this groundbreaking collaboration looks set to continue.
Together we delivered exactly what the customer wanted, clarifying the future possibilities for the site in Helsingborg. With our knowledge and experience of this kind of customer, our collaboration with WSP CEL was a great success and a start for a new way of working within WSP.
Patrik Holmquist, Group Manager, Systems, Sweden
QUICKFACTS
CLIENT McNeil PROJECT TEAM WSP offices: Sweden, WSP CEL
SERVICES PROVIDED Masterplanning, capital investment strategy STATUS Completed in May 2011
PROJECT SUMMARY Ten-year capital investment plan for pharmaceutical site, incorporating 2D and 3D facility layouts using Revit and a 4D walkthrough presenting the phased development
KEY CHALLENGES Getting to grips with the complexities of multi-product secondary manufacturing facilities. Also, coordinating the first collaboration between UK and Swedish designers
100% Customer
feedback score for first Anglo-Swedish collaboration
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