VINCI to build 30m Swansea Uni campus

VINCI Construction UK has been awarded a £30 million contract to build five additional student accommodation blocks at Swansea University Bay Campus.

The development will comprise of 543 rooms, which are being developed by St. Modwen in partnership with the University.

This latest phase of accommodation is scheduled to complete and open to new students in autumn 2017 while boosting the local economy and the building trades.

The accommodation follows the same traditional design concept as the previous phases delivered by VINCI Construction UK in September 2015.

The blocks range in scale from 69 beds over four storeys to 159 beds over eight storeys.

This latest phase of accommodation will bring the number of students at the new Campus to 2,000.

It includes some academic and student service spaces on the ground floor of one of the blocks and supplements the newly completed phases 1 and 2 which already provide student services that include a bar, gym, restaurants, Tesco, bank, crèche, student support and facilities management space.

Vinci wins £22.5m Eastbourne College contract

VINCI Construction has been awarded a £22.5 million contract to build a sports and teaching facility at the highly regarded Eastbourne College.

Construction is set to commence this month and all work will be completed in autumn 2017, when the College celebrates being at the heart of the town for 150 years delivering outstanding education.
The four-storey sports block will include a 25 metre pool, sports hall, dining facilities and link to the new three-storey, 32-classroom block.

A new sports pavilion will command a view over the landmark cricket and rugby field, with the development landscaping complementing the listed flint boundary walls and quality facades.

Use of Silka large format blocks to the classroom block has provided cost and programme benefits, which will enable the building to be handed over in November 2016, a key requirement of the College.