Green Gown Awards 2021: Campus of the Future - University of Warwick - Finalist

Construction of the future

The University of Warwick has invested in its collaboration, teaching, and research activities through the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building by bringing together the School of Life Science and Warwick Medical School into a shared facility promoting collaboration through the project process and enabling collaboration for students and researchers within the completed building.

Through the pandemic, the importance of this type of research was emphasised including the worldwide collaboration needs which were enhanced as a result. The project works have taken place in a very confined area and with high sustainability targets leading the team to push for modern methods of construction and 50% of the project’s value was manufactured in an off-site environment. Innovative products were also used such as vertical solar panels. The project has obtained EPC A and BREEAM Excellent ratings.

Top 3 learnings:

• Pre-manufacturing works for improved sustainability, improved quality, and reduced community impacts.
• By taking this approach the full project team is encouraged to collaborate more by getting the design and construction techniques agreed early in the design process.
• Emphasising the reasons for the project being undertaken, introducing the end users and the importance to team, can inspire a workforce to achieve more.

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