A multi-disciplinary Pick Everard and Gleeds team has been
appointed to design a new £3m synthetic chemistry laboratory
refurbishment at Manchester University.
Founded in 1824, The University of Manchester is the biggest
campus-based university in the UK and has one of the largest
Schools of Chemistry in Europe. Having recently appointed a new
professor in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, the project
involves creating new teaching and research facilities within the
existing Chemistry building. Works will be carried out between May
and September 2012, ready for the start of the new academic
year.
Appointed under the Government Procurement Service Management
and Full Design Team Services Framework Agreement, a Pick Everard
team will design and project manage construction of a large open
plan synthetic laboratory with fume cupboards, bench space,
supporting laboratory areas, offices and areas with AV facilities
for meetings, presentations and academic use. Gleeds will provide
cost management as part of the integrated Pick Everard team.
In line with the University's target for reducing its carbon
footprint, carbon savings will be achieved through design,
construction and operation. The University is also signed up to the
Waste & Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) Halving Waste to
Landfill Commitment, aiming to exceed WRAP's requirements on all
new buildings. The laboratory will be designed in a way that
reduces waste, recycles more, and uses more recycled and recovered
materials.
Pick Everard Partner Duncan Green said, "Our experience of
educational buildings and on similarly technical projects at other
universities and research units will be drawn upon in the design of
this new facility It is an important project in the continuing
delivery of world class research at Manchester University and we're
delighted to be involved. Having in-house specialists in
sustainable technologies will be essential in achieving WRAP's
requirements and reducing the carbon outputs of these new
facilities."
Construction consultancy Pick Everard has an award-winning track
record in designing educational buildings in the UK, for many
universities including Keele, Nottingham, De Montfort, Glasgow and
Strathclyde and is currently working on a new student residences
project at Aberystwyth University, as well as major projects at
Northampton, City of Bristol and Dudley Further Education
Colleges.