PROPERTY & ASSETS
Clegg builds a future at university
Clegg Construction has started work on a major extension at De Montfort University in Leicester. A four-storey extension, designed by CPMG Architects, is being constructed which will add 2,048sq m of space to the Hugh Aston Building. It is due to be completed in summer 2020. The building is home to DMU’s
faculty of business and law, which comprises the Leicester Castle Business School and the Leicester De Montfort Law School. Simon Blackburn, Managing
Director of Clegg Construction, said: “Higher education is a key sector for Clegg Construction and we are delighted to be appointed by De Montfort University as the main contractor on this major extension to the Hugh Aston Building. The building is in the heart of the campus, so we are working with the university to minimise disruption.” Hugh Avison, Director at CPMG
Architects, said: “We’re delighted to be working with De Montfort University again on its latest development, having designed the Vijay Patel Building a few years ago. It’s a great opportunity for us to showcase our expertise in
CGI impression of the Hugh Aston Building at De Montfort University
‘The extension will allow the university to develop its Business and Law School’
educational buildings, and to create something special from a highly constrained site. “The extension will allow the
university to develop its Business and Law School, as well as creating an inspiring working environment for the students to benefit from.”
Rooms with a brew at housing development
Ilkeston-based housebuilder Fairgrove Homes is continuing its momentum at the iconic former Kimberley Brewery with work now underway to restore buildings on the Brewery Yard phase - promising a range of new and converted two-, three- and four- bedroom designs. This latest phase includes the restoration of the Grade II* listed buildings surrounding the former brewery yard - the maltings, kilns, kiln stores and tower. Once complete, these buildings will be converted into a range of luxury apartments and semi-detached properties as well as several modern office spaces. For Fairgrove Homes, the preservation of the site’s heritage has
always been vital, after the brewery served the town of Kimberley for over 170 years. Large parts of the former brewery will remain within the Brewery Yard phase, adding an additional layer of charm to the heart of this exclusive development. Managing Director Steve Midgley said: “From the very start we
wanted to retain the history that exists on the site by lovingly restoring the properties that were salvageable from the former brewery.”
Clegg Construction has
completed a range of projects for higher education clients over a number of years. The company recently completed
a new Students’ Union building at Aston University in Birmingham, as part of a £6.1m design and build
contract. This followed a £5.2m remodelling of Aston University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science’s chemical engineering and applied chemistry facilities in 2013. Clegg Construction has also
completed schemes for the University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Wolverhampton’s £10.5m Science, Technology and Prototyping Centre.
Artist’s impression of Pears School Hall in Repton
Major refurbishment for Repton’s village school
Midlands-based Franklin Ellis Architects has announced that refurbishment works are due to start on the Grade II listed Pears School Hall, at Repton School, in the village of Repton in Derbyshire. The works aim to give the
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building a well-deserved facelift after many decades of service, making the building suitable for use for a wider range of purposes for both the school and private users, while also enhancing many of its impressive original features. Repton School, an independent
school, which was founded in 1557, houses 640 pupils aged 13 to 18 years old and comprises of ten boarding houses. Pears School Hall was originally built in 1886 within the ruins of an Augustinian Priory to commemorate the school’s second founder, Steuart Adolphus Pears. The refurbishment targets the
later additions to the building from the 1950s and includes replacing and extending the balcony, replacing and repositioning the hall staircase, removing the permanent stage and replacing the outdated kitchen facilities.
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