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New development for Trinity College, Oxford
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DAM Architecture has secured planning consent for a major new residential and teaching building at
Trinity College, Oxford – the first major building at the college for over fifty years and the last building of this scale that can be built on the main Trinity College site. The architectural practice was
appointed following a limited design competition to address Trinity College’s long term need for modern student
accommodation and new academic facilities. The proposed development- which was unanimously approved by Oxford City Council - is designed to sit comfortably within the college’s rich built and landscape heritage, and to respond to several listed neighbouring buildings within their shared listed garden setting. The project team, led by design
director Hugh Petter, has created a cluster of four buildings each with its own scale,
character and use. Alongside 46 new student bedrooms, the new development includes a major new auditorium, a suite of new teaching rooms, a community space and café, a function space with rooftop garden, and a new library wing that also provides disabled access to the listed Trinity College library
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Coventry University completes £9.6m accommodation scheme
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ATIONAL engineering specialist, SES Engineering Services (SES), has completed a £9.6m mechanical
and electrical (M&E) contract at Godiva Place, Regents (Godiva) Ltd’s 770-bed student accommodation scheme at Coventry University. SES delivered full M&E services across
the development’s five residential blocks including heating, ventilation, domestic water services, drainage, electrical systems, fire safety, security and energy- efficient lighting and heating controls.
The £47.5m project has made use of a
brownfield site near Lower Ford Street, to create 76 cluster flats and 99 studio apartments across five multi-storey blocks. Construction began in October 2016 with SES working alongside main contractor Galliford Try.
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National Satellite Test Facility underway T
HE IBI Group has been appointed as Lead Architect for the multi-million- pound National Satellite Test
Facility at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space, located south of Oxford. Working in collaboration with RAL Space,
IBI is leading the multi-disciplinary design team in the delivery of facilities that will serve the international space community. Expected to be operational in 2021, the facility aligns with the UK government’s commitment to boost the national space sector, which underpins industries worth more than £250 billion. The National Satellite Test Facility is
designed to accommodate a range of test equipment, all within a cleanroom environment, to replicate the range of
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conditions the satellite has to endure, from the vibrations during launch through to
the temperature extremes in outer space. “The NSTF is a first-of-its-kind facility for
the UK and therefore presents some unique technical challenges for the integrated design and construction team”, said Andrew Fursdon, IBI Group London Higher Education and Science Lead. IBI Group has previously worked on
higher education projects such as CUBRIC, a state of the art brain imaging facility for Cardiff University on its Innovation Campus, several research facilities for leading Institutes at Oxford University and Sensor City and Liverpool Life Science Accelerator, which form part of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter.
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