Galliford Try has is starting work on a new £29.3m contract to build a teaching and research centre at Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley campus.
Work will see the creation of a new home for the Carnegie School of Sport.
It will include research laboratories, an indoor rooftop sprint track for performance training and analysis and a roof walking track and terrace.
Cliff Wheatley, Managing Director for Galliford Try North East and Yorkshire, said: “We are delighted to be working with Leeds Beckett on such a prestigious project.
“We have a proven track record in providing high-quality buildings for higher education and we look forward to working with the University to ensure that their students and staff have the world-class sports science facilities they demand.”
Professor Peter Slee, Vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University, said: “This £45m world-class facility will underline our global reputation for delivering high-impact sports teaching and research.
“It is part of a wider £200m programme of investment across our campuses which will further increase the positive contribution we make to our city region and beyond.”
Construction is due for completion in Autumn 2019.
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Barratt Developments has launched a safety review after accident rates on its sites increased.
It said: “Increased activity levels across the industry in terms of site openings and production volumes combined with shortages of skilled workers has contributed to an increased risk of accidents on sites.
“We remain fully committed to the highest standards of health and safety on our sites.
“In the year, our reportable injury incidence rate has increased with 462 (2017: 379) reportable incidents per 100,000 employees.
“We have already undertaken a review into factors that have contributed to this increase and will be working with our management teams to drive improvements in the prevention of injuries.”
Barratt has also set a target of increasing construction levels by up to 5% in the medium turn to boost completions to 20,000 a year.
That will be step change on the current output of 17,579 units which only increased by 1.1% on last year.
The figures were contained in latest results from Britain’s biggest house builder which posted a pre-tax profit up 9.2% to £835.5m on turnover up 4.8% to £4,874m for the year to June 30 2018 as gross margins hit 20.7%.
Barratt said: “We have a robust and carefully managed supply chain with around 90% of the housebuild materials sourced by our centralised procurement function manufactured or assembled in the UK.
“On labour, we continue to see some pressure on skilled labour supply with shortages remaining location and trade specific.
“We are also improving construction efficiency and reducing demand on labour through implementing the new housetype ranges, which are easier to build, and through the use of alternative build options such as Timber Frames, Large Format Block and Light Gauge Steel Frames.
“We continue to expect that overall build cost inflation for FY19 will be c. 3-4%.”
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An Acivico architect has been at the heart of the NEC’s £4.5million transformation by supplying concept designs for the stunning and technically innovative pyramid formations which will completely change the look and feel of Birmingham’s iconic premier international conference and leisure venue.
Using the latest design software, Principal Architect Alan McBeth developed three gigantic custom designed trapezoidal shapes, each the size of a three-story house. When connected, these form a 3D wall of 37 units, reinventing and giving life to the flat facades on five of the halls, originally constructed in 1976.
Using state-of-the-art membrane technology and a healthy dose of imagination, the vision was for the facade to be covered with stretched membranes combined with colourful vector graphics panels, positioned between the 3D trapezoidal shapes.
The final colour changing boulder pattern was designed and supplied by international PR and advertising firm McCann whose programmable LED animated backlighting has created a dynamic and engaging environment for the 7 million annual visitors to the campus… but it’s at night that guests can really see the complex come to life. Acivico has used graphic visualisation technology to share the display.
Alan McBeth has been delighted with the results of this unique and original approach to facade design on such a high-profile landmark project. Alan said;
“The design required the use of the latest in tensile fabric innovation from within the UK and we found the print graphics specialist in Holland – the only company in the world who could print the polyester fabric which covers the trapezoids to the correct lifespan requirement.
“The magnitude of this work has to be seen to be appreciated, but it is very scaleable and there is no doubt this type of design treatment can be applied to give an economical facelift to other aging buildings, large or small, in need of some TLC.”
Martin Clarke, NEC Marketing Director says; “We are delighted with the outcome of these concept designs by Acivico. The team understood the brief perfectly and came up with a unique concept using innovative technology which they brought to life using superb 3D visuals. The finished results are stunning”
The NEC’s ‘project facelift’ will be officially revealed with the launch of the Bear Grylls adventure world in October 2018.
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The building facades are very large with Hall 5 alone being 210m long x 19m high.
Considerable research was done to identify the best design solution using different types of membrane fabrics that would work well with 3D geometric backlit shapes.
The pyramids are covered in a printed polyester fabric with an ultra violet acrylic protection layer with at least a 10 year no fade lifespan. This process was carried out by a specialist in Holland – the only company in the world with the expertise to complete the project.
The challenge was to design something that looks as good at night as during the day as many of the events around the NEC occur during the evening.
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The revamp includes installations on 37 trapezoidal 5m wide translucent shapes, each the size of a three-storey house.
Each trapezoid has three powerful led floodlights that are programmable to produce any colour, including a sonic interface.
The installation also includes 62 x 5m wide graphic panels – each 10m high
The projects also included the installation of 12277 m² specially designed metal cladding (known as zebra cladding) – almost 3 football pitches worth
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