campus<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0a new front door to the University and\u00a0home\u00a0for\u00a0its\u00a0world-class teaching and research across business, innovation, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, quantum and more.<\/p>\nIt will open alongside a brand-new eastern entrance to the region\u2019s largest transport hub, Bristol Temple Meads, directly connecting to the campus through a new public space called University Square. A new harbour walkway, funded by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, connecting University Square to Temple Quay will provide new walking and cycling routes.<\/p>\n
Sustainability has been a guiding principle throughout the project. The building is designed to achieve a BREEAM \u2018Excellent\u2019 rating and is connected to a district heating network to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions. Lower-carbon construction methods, including the use of eco-concrete, have also been adopted.<\/p>\n
The project has delivered significant local benefits during construction with over 50% of the workforce locally employed and using local suppliers. This includes 500sqm of rooflights from Gloucestershire, metalwork from Bristol, the yellow stairs from Taunton, and architecture and engineering practices from Bath.<\/p>\n
The construction\u00a0works\u00a0have enabled\u00a03,940 waged training weeks, 68 work experience placements on-site, supported over 3,500 weeks of in-work training for more than 100 apprentices and 80 local jobs for entrants to construction, together with local school visits and setting up a ‘Design, Engineer, Construct’ learning programme launched with\u00a0IKB\u00a0Academy in Keynsham.<\/p>\n
Professor Judith Squires, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and lead for the Temple Quarter programme, at the University of Bristol, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cToday marks a major milestone in our drive to create a vibrant new connected campus in the heart of the city. Thanks to the fantastic work of\u202fSir Robert\u202fMcAlpine\u202fand our University colleagues we\u00a0remain\u00a0on budget and on schedule for our September opening.\u202fIt’s\u00a0inspiring\u202fto see our new building come to life and\u00a0I’m\u00a0hugely grateful to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to this point. I look forward to welcoming students, innovation and community partners and staff to join us in our new campus in September.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Craig Allen, Sector Managing Director, Industrial, Sir Robert McAlpine, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cReaching this milestone is a significant achievement for everyone involved in the delivery of Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. The project demonstrates the very best of engineering excellence, delivered in a complex, constrained city\u2011centre environment through close collaboration with the University of Bristol and our project partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeyond the building itself, this project will leave a lasting legacy for Bristol. From lower\u2011carbon construction methods and sustainable design to the investment in skills, apprenticeships and local employment, the campus has generated meaningful social value throughout delivery. We\u2019re proud to have played our part in creating a landmark development that will support education, innovation and inclusive growth for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHundreds of local people have been working to deliver the University of Bristol\u2019s new \u00a3500 million Enterprise Campus next door to the West Country\u2019s biggest train station. Thanks to their hard work, today\u2019s completion is a big step towards unlocking the wider potential of Bristol Temple Quarter and thousands more new jobs and new homes for our region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe old Royal Mail building that stood on this site was once called the chipped tooth in the city\u2019s smile. In this new chapter, I\u2019m happy to say that derelict site is now a distant memory \u2013 as we look forward to opening Bristol Temple Meads\u2019 new eastern entrance, walkways along the harbour, and the new campus in September.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main construction phase of the flagship building at the University of Bristol\u2019s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-954486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116560869703549828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}