Bangor University Wins Gold in ‘What Uni’ Student Choice Awards
Scheme: |
Bangor University Student Accommodation |
Location: |
Bangor |
Sector: |
Education, Student Accommodation |
Partners: |
Bangor University, M&G Investments |
Value: |
£40m |
Completion: |
September 2015 |
Cityheart delivered a multi-site student residential village totalling 602 rooms for Bangor University in the town centre. The scheme included a mix of studio apartments, apartments and townhouses in addition to new leisure facilities with a ‘MUGA’ pitch, performing arts space, gym, nursery, transport hub, café/bar and nursery.
As part of the scheme, we retained and repurposed two buildings of historic note to provide residents’ social spaces and amenities. The buildings were designed to meet BREEAM ‘Excellent’ for the New Build and ‘Very Good’ for the repurposed element.
Cityheart’s role included funding, detailed design, construction and the long-term management/operation of the scheme. The project was delivered within a challenging programme, including fast tracking the planning process within 10 weeks.
Testimonial:
Dr Dewi Williams, of the University of Bangor said “When we had challenges such as the inability of the Utilities to connect electricity to the site during one critical point in the construction phase. When we all sat round the table to resolve the issue you wouldn’t have known who was the client, or indeed who was working for who, as everyone was so focused on resolving and overcoming the problem.”
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