Brighton University in £8.5m housing deal (From The Argus)
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Brighton University in £8.5m housing deal
10:50am Saturday 1st December 2012 in News
A university has handed out an £8.5 million contract to build new student housing.
ISG has been awarded the contract to construct 147 sustainable student units on a brownfield site at the edge of the South Downs.
The contractor has been awarded phase two of the University of Brighton’s three-phase, £33 million Varley Park scheme, which involves the demolition of two existing 1960s student accommodation blocks and the construction of three replacements.
The work is due to finish in September 2013.
Following demolition of the existing buildings, ISG will construct Slope House 2, Slope House 3 and Hill House 3.
The new buildings have been sympathetically designed to complement their surroundings, with Slope House 2 and Slope House 3 incorporating green roofs, while Hill House 3 will have a hand-made clay tile roof.
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Comments(3)
RottingdeanRant
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2:23pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:38pm Sat 1 Dec 12
The colleges will be forced by market forces to react with a cheaper and better product.
Maxwell's Ghost says...
1:29pm Sat 1 Dec 12
With the cost of fees, unis will have to offer accommodation/course packages.