THE CHALLENGE

KOK have provided Principal Designer and CDM Advisor services on various projects for the University of Manchester Campus Masterplan, with completed projects totalling over £275million and an estimated total spend of £1billion over the course of the 10-year Masterplan. Upon completion, the University will have a world-class urban campus in the heart of Manchester City Centre.

New build, five-storey building providing 7,800m² of accommodation, including two cleanrooms, a number of heavily-serviced research laboratories, as well as office accommodation, social and seminar space. Phase One Civil Engineering Works included the clearance of the site and major excavation to form the vibration resistant (VC-D) base and contiguous piled retaining structure to house the basement cleanrooms and Central Utilities Block.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS

Clearance of brownfield site contamination from previous industrial use.

Major contiguous piling within City Centre campus to form below ground research laboratories.

Formation of VC-D vibration elimination base adjacent to primary public highway network.

Major construction work within a busy University Campus.

Significant infrastructure services diversions.

Management of construction traffic adjacent to NCP public car park.

THE OUTCOME & RESULTS

Successfully coordinated health and safety matters throughout the Project. Worked with the Project Team to SFAIRP ensure CDM and other UK construction safety Regulations were complied with, and all Client duties discharged.

Successfully completed in line with Client requirements and Statutory Regulations.