The Office of Public Works new laboratories are specifically designed to accommodate the unique need of a modern forensic laboratory to maintain critical standards of sample isolation and operation, and to avoid any risk of cross-contamination. The highest specification of Mechanical, Electrical and Cleanroom services are critical to the project.

The Forensic Science Laboratory is primarily a new three-storey development with four wings that radiate from a central four-storey core. Each wing provides a mixture of laboratory and office accommodation on the ground and first floors.

The second-floor level accommodates the plant required to service the laboratories below. The central core provides all the shared communal facilities including double height public and staff entrances, the library, meeting rooms, board room and dining facilities.