A Nottingham design team commissioned for a £16m Sport and Health Science Facility at Teesside University has been recognised in the 2011 RICS Awards for the North East, winning the Design and Innovation category.

The team comprises of architects CPMG, structural engineers BWB Consulting, mechanical and electrical engineers CPW and landscape architects FPCR.  They worked alongside project managers Evolve, quantity surveyors Arcadis AYH and Morgan Sindall who were the main contractors on the project.

Named Centuria South, the new facility is a multi purpose building comprising of a spacious new dental training facility and an NHS dental surgery alongside additional facilities for the School of Health and Sports Therapy including state of the art laboratories and a hydrotherapy pool. It also includes an innovative four storey atrium that links the new facility to an existing building and flexible laboratory space.

Key priorities for the university were to create a modern showcase facility to enhance the campus and provide an attractive and stimulating teaching/learning environment. The new development also needed a design life of 60 years with minimal maintenance, be an environmentally conscious building and have a "very good" BREEAM rating.  All these were met and the project was also delivered on time and 3% under budget.

"The RICS awards are very prestigious and for a Nottingham design team to have won this award and received this recognition in the North East is fantastic news," said Nick Gregory, director of CPMG.  "This is our third new building for Teeside University and we are very proud of it. The feedback from the client, academic staff and students has been really positive - they really seem to enjoy using the building which is very satisfying."