Mercedes has unveiled its plans for the next stage of its £70 million (AUS$131m; US$87m; €80m) redevelopment of its Brackley headquarters as it attempts to replicate a “Silicon Valley-style environment”, according to team principal Toto Wolff.
Over the last six years, the team claims it has completed more than 30 different projects to reshape its design and production facilities in the factory.
This has seen the clean rooms, race bays, machine shop, and sub-assembly workshops all move into cutting-edge new facilities.
The latest phase of redevelopment has resulted in Mercedes purchasing adjoining land, that includes a former railway cutting, that allows for site expansion.
At the heart of it will be a new health and wellbeing centre, as well as a marketing building, the latter allowing for further expansion of the design office facilities in the main technical centre.
In addition, there will be a new parking structure featuring a solar array that will allow for the charging of over 70 electric vehicles through the team’s own renewable energy infrastructure.
Mercedes is also aiming for a 50 percent reduction in water consumption per person per day, and a greater than 60 percent recycling of office waste.
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