Work begins this month on a 7,592m虏 facility for further and higher education courses.
The four-storey development will replace a number of unoccupied buildings and a car park on Charlotte Street and Holland Street in Birmingham鈥檚 city centre, in a conservation area on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter.聽 The client鈥檚 project team includes Associated Architects, Gleeds as cost consultant, EC Harris as project manager, Couch Consulting Engineers for structural services and Couch, Perry & Wilkes as mechanical and electrical consultant .
Peter Millett, Shepherd 榨汁姬鈥檚 managing director for the West Division commented: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have been awarded this contract and look forward to working closely with UCB to help deliver their vision for a modern city centre campus. We are due on-site in a couple of weeks and the project is scheduled to complete in June 2013.鈥�
College principal Ray Linforth said: 鈥淭he appointment of Shepherd 榨汁姬 marks another step closer for us in achieving our goal of providing additional excellent teaching and learning facilities at University College Birmingham.聽 Shepherd鈥檚 pitch for the work and their reputation in the construction industry, demonstrate their commitment to providing a quality service and a professional product and these are values which we align with very strongly.聽聽 We have insisted on high levels of sustainability to be integral to the project including installation of photo voltaic solar panels, rain water harvesting, energy efficient lighting and high levels of heating insulation.聽聽 The contractor is required to achieve BREEAM 鈥楨xcellent鈥� rating and EPC energy rating B, both indicating extremely high energy efficiency levels within the building.鈥�
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