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Royal Holloway University
“From the Managing Director downwards, Willmott Dixon was very
Lecture eatre
focused on meeting our needs. eir personal involvement was
something I very much appreciated”
A prime academic and
Stephen Bland, Director of Facilities Management, Royal Holloway University
commercial facility
e brand new Windsor Building at the Design changes during the project worth
Royal Holloway University in Egham is more than £1 million put considerable
the most important general-purpose pressure on the budget and the
400
building to be constructed on the programme, however we worked to 400 seat auditorium and eight
campus since e Founder’s Building, minimise their effects and, in seminar rooms
completed 120 years ago. conjunction with the University and our
Replacing a number of 1960s design team, devised building solutions
prefabricated buildings, it has a 400-seat to meet the changes. roughout the
auditorium and eight seminar rooms, entire project, the University was very
and provides first-rate facilities for much part of the construction process
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teaching as well as for academic and and we worked closely together on all its 30 different pitches on the copper roof,
commercial events and conferences. aspects. A teamwork relationship, daily designed for energy efficiency
interaction, regular scheduled meetings,
e modern building both compliments transparent progress reports and our “can
and provides a striking contrast to the do” approach to problems ensured that
University’s traditional architecture, with we handed the building over to meet the
the windows in its light-filled foyer requirements for the new academic year.
AWARD
reflecting the adjacent Victorian Building named Best Non Commercial
Founder’s Building. It is a great focal Development at the 2006 Runnymede
point where the University’s heritage Design Awards
and its modern, forward-thinking
outlook come together beautifully.
Incorporating as many energy efficient
measures as possible within the budget,
FINALIST
including a highly sustainable copper Construction Manager was a finalist in
roof, it is a benchmark in terms of Construction Manager of the Year
quality for students, academic staff and
external users. Seen by the University as
a key centre for the long term, it is
extremely popular and has had very high
volume use from the moment it opened.
EVENT
Prestigious opening event with a concert
headlined by James Galway
STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD
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