Excellence embodied
A new campus for the University of Wales
a new pedestrian city square at the western end of the
new £5m foot and cycle bridge that dominates the city
in Newport will be a key element in the
skyline, standing 70m (229ft) high and spanning 145m
regeneration of the city centre. The building
(476ft) across the river.
As existing framework consultant to the university,
services design has achieved a 14.5 per cent
Faber Maunsell AECOM had early involvement in the
improvement on Part L and a BREEAM
project, advising on BREEAM and sustainability issues.
The company then stepped back but was later selected,
‘excellent’ rating – all without renewables
from a shortlist of five major consulting engineers, to
carry out the design of M&E services, fire engineering,
acoustics, ICT, advanced security and sustainability
T
he new £35m Newport city centre campus project, consultancy. The company was also appointed as
due to open in 2010, is widely seen as a flagship for approved BREEAM assessor.
kick-starting the cultural rengeneration of Newport. Sustainability is a key consideration
The project is the first phase of an intended £50m, underpinning the whole design, and
two-phase development for the University of Wales with a condition of the funding from the
partnership funding from Newport City Council and the WAG was that the campus building
Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). should achieve a Building Research
The first-phase campus project is a collaboration Establishment Environmental
between the university, Newport City Council and Assessment Method (BREEAM)
Newport Unlimited, the urban regeneration company ‘excellent’ rating.
Above, the new University of
Wales Newport campus, on the
for the city. It is situated on the west bank of the River “ W e t o o k t h e
banks of the River Usk. Right,
Usk, between the new tree-lined Usk Way Boulevard BREEAM issue on
project director Chris Lynn and the existing riverside walk. Its northern end borders board right from the
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