The BCU Curzon B extension project will house over 3,000 students and members of staff, feature more than 650-rooms, a Student Hub and a lecture theatre.
It adds a further 100,000 square foot extension to the Curzon Building, named 2015’s Project of the Year by Midland Business Insider.
Project Overview
- Project Title: BCU Phase 2A
- Client: Birmingham City University
- Main Contractor: Willmott Dixon
- Client M&E Services Designer: Hoare Lea and Partners
- Design and Build M&E Contractor – Briggs and Forrester
- Project Duration: 40 weeks M&E Installation
- Project Value: £31m
- M&E Package Value: £7m
Aura’s Role
Aura Technical Services were employed by Willmott Dixon to manage their Mechanical and Electrical contractor, Briggs and Forrester. We were employed from the pre-construction stage through to the commissioning and client training stage.
Detailed responsibilities included:
- Manage and coordinate the BIM process between Briggs and Forrester and their BIM partners
- Manage and coordinate the services’ shut downs which were required to integrate the new building with the existing Curzon building
- Manage and coordinate the all of the stand alone electrical service packages with the Cortech system
- Manage and coordinate the new BT services connections
