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Project Archive3 West Level 4 Refurbishment
2 East/4 East Refurbishment
This long standing project is now effectively complete. The small amount of residual funding has now been allocated to further improvement of a research laboratory for Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Westwood
Refurbishment Phase Two – Summer 2007 Eastwood Residences
– Refurbishment of houses 42-51 Conversion of Eastwood
Flats 20-21 to office accommodation Sand based
hockey pitch – No 1 replacement 3
South Laboratory, shelf space fit out 0.24 Northcroft Project Managers and Ridge Design and specification has now been agreed. The project will be issued for tender during September with a start onsite date to be agreed once a contractor has been identified. University Sports Hall - conversion of former tennis hall for use by Sport and Exercise Science
The new Applied Biomechanics Suite was completed at the beginning of September and is now occupied by the Department of Sport and Exercise Science. The project commenced in April 2007 and was completed by Cowlin Design and Build within the agreed contract programme. On the ground floor the facilities include a laboratory with forceplates and lifting beam, teaching space and back of house workshop and office. The first floor mezzanine level provides five academic offices, a postgraduate office and a digitising suite. Externally a new main entrance has been created and a new pedestrian link to the main campus has been provided via the Art Lecture Theatre garden.
This project is now complete and the Final Account has been agreed; outturn is on budget. 5 West and 4 East Servery refurbsMuch improved social/IT space has been provided with the refurbishment of former serveries in 5 West and in 4 East to provide informal IT and networking areas.
3 West NorthGeorge & Harding are now proceeding to completion and the external works are currently underway. The anticipated date for final completion is the end of April, but the last few weeks of the project will involve the commissioning of the electrical systems so this will be a quiet time. We appreciate that some of the office users close by, particularly in 1 West North have been inconvenienced by the noise generated by this project and we are grateful for their tolerance. Part of the project includes a new clean room facility for Physics for their Fibre Tower, which was moved from 4 West, and this should be operational from the end of April. During April and into May there will be some activity associated with a new laboratory fit out for the Department of Physics' new PPMG laboratory but this will not be as disruptive as the main building works.
BackgroundThe construction of the new building 3 West North will commence on site at the beginning of June 2004. Certain enabling works to divert services and remove an existing portakabin are already underway. The new building has been designed by the Bath based architects Stubbs Rich. It will provide a total of 890mª of new accommodation together with 150mª of refurbished space for the University. The total project cost is £2.87m and funding is being provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England through its Project Capital and SRIF capital allocation rounds. The northern zone of the building will provide new and replacement research facilities for the Department of Physics. In particular, it will replace the fibre optic drawing tower and laser laboratories which are currently located in 4 West and which are due to be demolished during the Summer. The southern or learning zone provides a new 200 seat tiered lecture theatre for the University. It will also provide 3 additional GTA spaces with a capacity of 50 seats each. The building is due to complete at the end of April 2005, although key research facilities will be handed over at an earlier date to coincide with the vacation of 4 West. At the same time, a programme of refurbishment of teaching laboratories within the original 3 West building will be carried out. Other members of the construction team are : - BJP Consulting - services engineers It should be noted that due to the limited space available, the main site compound will be located behind the 25m swimming pool, which will necessitate a certain amount of vehicular movement on the northern estate road. The project manager is Martyn Whalley of Northcroft. Martyn can be contacted via the Projects Administrator on 3038 if there are any particular issues that need to be raised with him. Wessex Restaurant (Spring 2007)The Wessex Restaurant has recently undergone refurbishment to create a more stylish environment; both the decor and the furnishings have been upgraded. Work was completed in Spring 2007. Refurbishment works included the provision of a new bar and cloakroom, new floor coverings, an improved entrance screen, new storage facilities and new curtains and seating; the new seating includes a soft seated area adjacent to the entrance. There is also a new private dining area.
Images of the restaurant can be viewed on the catering web pages. Project Manager: Karen Harbinson Norwood House Levels 5 and 6Conversion of student accommodation into office suites. This project converted bedrooms and related spaces on levels 5 and 6 of Norwood House to provide additional staff accommodation with a particular focus on the School for Health. The project design has been developed and modified over the course of the summer to meet the school's requirements. Frayling Construction were the contractors. University Hall (September 2006)The refurbishment of the University Hall was the flagship project for 2006. Following refurbishment, the new Hall provides a lecture theatre with 396 fixed seats including provision for wheel chairs at the upper and lower levels of the rake. The energy efficiency of the Hall has been improved and there is better ventilation. New audio visual equipment has been installed with three screens to allow the theatre to operate for all types of teaching, including the playing of films/DVDs on the large 7 x 4m screen, or the two 5 x 4m screens for presentations. Chalk boards are also provided, and a visualiser on a purpose-built lectern. Pyramid Construction (UK) Ltd of Filton, Bristol, were the main contractor and the contract value was approximately £1.2m. The University retained architects for this work were Allies and Morrison, with project managers/quantity surveyors Gleeds, mechanical and electrical consultant Faber Maunsell of Bristol, and structural engineers Whitby Bird. Additional advice on acoustics is being provided by Fabers.
Please see the Directors Update for pictures and text relating to the University Hall. LibraryA project to improve the layout and update the Level 2 entrance (Parade level) was completed early in 2007. The project also piloted a new multi-functional library card. Cost: allocated £450,000 funding by HEFCE, with balancing contributions from the University.
Disability accessibilityThe latest phase of improvements have been completed. more » This includes: improving signage (including Braille), improving lifts, introducing grab rails, resurfacing paths and improving disabled car parking. Please also see link to Disability Access Audit and the University's Accessibility Policy .
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