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Clegg gets to work at Brackenhurst


Clegg Construction has started work on a new Reception and Environment Centre at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus. The Nottingham-based firm was


chosen as the main contractor to deliver the new building, which is home to the university’s School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Services. It will provide a new focal point


to the rural campus, near Southwell, with a reception and a prominent entrance.


‘It will deliver an iconic gateway building to provide a sense of arrival on campus’


The environment centre, adjoined


by a linking entrance foyer, will provide world-class teaching and research into major global challenges around the environment, ecology and conservation. Exhibition and information space


will showcase campus research, teaching and activities to staff, students and members of the public.


It will also include a café and


dining area, a 200-seat lecture theatre with retractable seating, staff offices and state-of-the-art teaching and research rooms. The structure will be timber framed and set out over two storeys providing a total floor area of 2,500m². Designed to be eco-friendly, it


has sloping hipped roofs to complement the adjacent


Brackenhurst Hall, and includes a mezzanine and roof garden and external spaces for staff and students. The building is set to achieve BREEAM Excellent – meaning it will meet the highest ratings for sustainability. Simon Blackburn, Managing


Director of Clegg Construction, said: “We’re really excited to be working on this project. “We have completed numerous


projects in the Higher Education sector but this is the first time we


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