New Academic Building

About the Architect, Contractor and Project Manager

Architect

Stride Treglown was formed in Bristol in 1953 and is listed within the top 25 architectural practices in the UK.

From a firmly established architectural base, the company has diversified its scope of expertise to offer a carefully focused multi-disciplinary service encompassing architecture, interior design, town planning, landscape architecture, building surveying, historic building conservation, inclusive design and disabled access auditing, and sustainable design advice. The company holds framework agreements with the University of Reading, Royal Holloway University of London, the University of the West of England, and have worked for the University of Plymouth, Keele University, the University of Wales.

Stride Treglown is quality assured to ISO 9001:2000, has IS0 14001 environmental management accreditation and is an Investor in People.

www.stridetreglown.co.uk

Contractor

Wilmott Dixon will be building and project managing the New Academic Building. They have a proven track record in education with a number of large build projects under their belt throughout the UK, encompassing primary schools, secondary schools, special educational needs schools, academies and further and higher education. They have previously completed work in this area for Lewisham Borough Council on the Crossways Academy, a state-of-the-art sixth form centre designed to meet the needs of young people and the local community. You can view more of the projects completed by Wilmott Dixon in this sector (PDF format) on their website.

Wilmott Dixon have been commended for their high standards of work in the HE sector, receiving a Silver 'Considerate Constructors' Award for work a project at University Campus Suffolk. Wilmott Dixon were particularly commended for the works with high standards reached in being respectful and accountable; and for its exceptional achievements in the categories of 'environment', 'cleanliness', 'neighbour' relations, being 'safe' and 'responsible'.

Project Manager

Bernard Williams Associates (BWA) is project managing the building project. BWA is a private practice of Chartered Surveyors specialising in the discipline of Facilities Economics.  The Practice is concerned with all financial and management aspects of providing and using land and buildings and the discipline itself is therefore an amalgam of the professional skills of project management, facilities management, quantity surveying and project management.  Further details can be found on their website:

www.bwa.uk.net