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| Balfour Beatty to deliver £1bn campus transformation for the University of Manchester Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that is has been appointed by the University of Manchester to deliver the bulk of its £1bn capital programme through a partnership framework agreement along with two other contractors. Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine will deliver the majority of the University's capital projects in excess of £10m over the next eight years. The University of Manchester's Campus Masterplan is the largest capital programme in the institution's history and is one of the largest currently underway in the higher education sector. The contractors will work on a number of major developments, including the flagship £350m Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD), which will bring together the University's four Schools of Engineering in one location and also provide teaching and office space. University Director of Estates and Facilities, Diana Hampson, said: "This Construction Partnering Framework is probably unique within higher education. The scope and scale of the Campus Masterplan requires a huge amount of resource and presents significant delivery challenges. A collaborative, partnership arrangement was therefore vital in ensuring both quality and value. "It will benefit all partners and importantly it will have environmental as well as social benefits such as creating jobs for unemployed people. We are looking forward to working closely with the three contractors on some landmark developments across our campus." write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Construction News :: home page |