News
6 July 2011
Pick Everard completes enabling works for Tremough Campus expansion in Cornwall
Pick Everard has completed project management of site construction enabling works for the expansion of Tremough Campus, in Penryn, near Falmouth, in Cornwall. Appointed earlier this year under the Buying Solutions Project Management and Full Design Team Services framework agreement, the multi-disciplinary consultancy has been leading the six-month £1.5m enabling works project which includes drainage, car parking, footpaths, a bus interchange, landscaping and the construction of a new electricity sub-station. The recent completion of an archaeological dig following the discovery of two Iron-Age roundhouses has also resulted in a repeat contract for Pick Everard for another car park on the site.
Tremough Campus is a hub for the Combined Universities in Cornwall project, which is heading economic regeneration in the county with £105m of European and other funding invested. With 4,000 students currently enrolled, development is expected to help attract a further 1,000 students by 2016. A joint venture between the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth, the Tremough Campus project will provide three spectacular new buildings: the Academy for Innovation and Research, the Environment and Sustainability Institute and The Exchange, a collaborative learning and social space, designed to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating and scheduled to open in August 2012.
A Pick Everard team of project managers, mechanical and electrical engineers, civil engineers and structural engineers was led by Partner Rod Burton. The team was selected for its broad, multi-disciplinary expertise in tackling a scenic, although difficult, sloping site. Partner Rod Burton comments, “Tremough Campus is an attractive site and alongside infrastructure works, we have planted native hedges creating a shelter belt to make the most of the natural landscape. This is a challenging infrastructure project which is pivotal to Cornwall’s regeneration and we are delighted to have been involved.”
Pick Everard is a RIBA Chartered Practice offering a comprehensive and turnkey suite of strategic construction and project management services for further and higher education. The practice has renowned expertise in educational construction and has delivered major construction projects for twelve leading universities and colleges nationally including Stephenson College, Northampton College, Dudley College, Keele University, Isle of Wight College, University of Glasgow, University of Derby, Nottingham University, and De Montfort University.
