Welcome to the AgriBio website
AgriBio, Centre For AgriBioscience (formerly known as the Biosciences Research Centre) is a joint initiative of the Government of Victoria,through the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), and La Trobe University (La Trobe).
AgriBio will be one of Australia's premier biosciences facilities, with a key emphasis on supporting and protecting Victoria's A$10 billion agricultural sector by focussing on cutting-edge research to;
- improve productivity
- fight disease and
- reduce environmental impact.
The facility is being built at La Trobe’s Melbourne campus in Bundoora, and will accommodate up to 400 DPI and La Trobe staff, including scientists students, and business and science- support staff.
A $A288 million public private partnership (PPP), AgriBio is being delivered under the Victorian Government’s Partnerships Victoria policy. DPI and La Trobe have engaged Major Projects Victoria, a division of the Victorian Department of Business and Innovation (DBI), to manage procurement, design and construction of AgriBio on behalf of the Joint Venture parties up to commercial acceptance.
Plenary Research - consisting of Plenary Group, Grocon and Honeywell Limited - will design, construct, finance and provide facility management services required for the operation of AgriBio over a 25-year period.
Design and construction of AgriBio commenced in May 2009. AgriBio is expected to be fully operational in 2012.
Note: The project will continue to be known as the Biosciences Research Centre Project until commercial acceptance - whilst the building is now referred to as AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience.
