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projects: completed
Campus
at the
centre of
regeneration
scheme
T
HE NEW Wisemore Campus site of groundworks through to steelwork, as then joining the whole structure together.
Walsall College lies at the heart of well as fit-out and completion. Accuracy of construction had to be
the Walsall First project, a £750m maintained, as the only means of
public and private sector investment Steelwork providing structural stability for the
regeneration of the Borough, which is The steelwork itself presented particular building was through bracing at the
driven by the Walsall Regeneration problems for the contractors because of stairwell and lift cores. This is because
Company. The regeneration programme is the sheer size of the main college the building has windows along its entire
expected to create around 5,500 new building, which extends over 145m. It has length to let in as much light as possible.
jobs, plus 1,600 new homes over the next a curved steel centre section that
10-15 years. connects the two wings. Within the
The new College building, built by curved section is a glass-fronted atrium
Shepherd Construction, will provide a that rises to a height of 21m and its 22m
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series of highly equipped academies for wide glass screen will form part of the
students regionally and nationally. central focus of the college. Installation www.hickton.co.uk
Working with project management of the steelwork was approached by
company Davis Langdon, Hickton provided constructing the tips of the two wings
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Clerk of Work services for the campus on before building the central atrium and
Designed around a central light well
of Life Sciences and Faculty of Medical
and Human Sciences.
“The design has allowed for the most
effective use of space for the building
users, with a variety of spaces,” explains
Alan Williams from architects, Wilson
Mason and Partners. “The multi-storey
three flying bridges
link the building to
surrounding facilities
working areas enable daylight to filter
throughout the building and give the
building a light airy atmosphere.”
Scott Wilson designed the building
services, civil, structural and public health
engineering together with vertical
circulation and air quality modelling. The
project also involved the design of three
flying bridges which link the building to
T
HE AV HILL Bioscience Building at the office space as well as laboratories.
three surrounding facilities which, as a
University of Manchester, which opened Incorporating a high level of architectural
result, has allowed the University to unify
in May, forms the final element within detailing, the facility is designed around a
its biomedical research activities.
the Life Sciences Campus at the University central light well, admitting daylight into
and acts as a hub within the facility. the heart of the space.
The AV Hill Building is a purpose built The AV Hill Building will house 300 www.scottwilson.com
six-storey building, comprising two scientists in 50 research groups, mainly
separate wings enclosed within a glazed focusing on neuroscience and
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atrium area at the centre, and includes immunology, from the University’s Faculty
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