Construction of the 海角视频's largest engineering campus at The University of Manchester has been completed.
With the conclusion of the base build phase, the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) has now been handed over to the university.
Delivered by a team of builders, architects and engineers, MECD represents the single largest construction project ever completed by a higher education institution in the 海角视频.
Building design was undertaken by Mecanoo with support from Penoyre & Prasad, with detailed design during the technical and construction stages by BDP, and multidisciplinary engineering services provided by Arup.
The main contractor was Balfour Beatty and it was project managed by Buro Four, with Buro Happold as the environmental sustainability advisor.
MECD will provide world-class sustainable research facilities, alongside flexible and innovative teaching and learning spaces that will enable students to shape their own learning environment.
It will house a community of 8,000 students, researchers, academics and professional services staff.
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The development incorporates a number of existing and new buildings: the eight-storey 80,000sqm Engineering Building A; Engineering Building B and the James Chadwick Building (on Upper Brook Street); refurbished Grade II-listed Oddfellows Hall; and the York Street Building.
MECD is home to lecture theatres, teaching laboratories, student workshops and a range of spaces to support our ambitious outreach and social engagement initiatives.
Director of estates at The University of Manchester, Diana Hampson, said: "This is a hugely significant milestone for MECD and we are delighted that the initial construction phase is now complete.
"MECD will create facilities that will put the university at the forefront of engineering globally, and we are proud to provide such an exceptional space for our exceptional people.
"We’d also like to thank all the various partners and stakeholders in getting us this point, it really has been a hugely collaborative effort."
Professor Martin Schröder, vice-president and dean of the faculty of science and engineering, added: "MECD affords an exciting new environment for the delivery of interdisciplinary research, teaching and impact across engineering.
"We are eager to progress towards populating MECD with our staff and students, creating an inspiring, highly flexible first-class teaching and research environment that transforms the way in which the University educates engineers for the future."