The University is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kier Group as the contractor to deliver the new teaching and learning building on the North East Quadrant site.
Kier Group is a renowned construction firm with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, innovative projects. They possess extensive experience in construction, which will be invaluable in bringing the University’s vision to life. Enabling works are due to start on site from Monday 15 April.
Kevin Argent, Executive Director of Estates and facilities says:
‘Today’s announcement of the appointment of Kier Construction marks the start of an exciting new phase of significant investment in our buildings and infrastructure.
This flagship building will create a next-generation teaching and learning facility which has a focus on student experience, wellbeing and sustainability.
Appointing a local construction company supports our commitment to generate prosperity and tackle social challenges in South Hampshire, one of the six pledges the University of Southampton committed to when signing the Civic University Agreement.
The goals found in our Sustainability Strategic Plan are at the heart of all we do at the University, this extends to our construction projects. I am pleased that Kier reflect our values and will help to support those ambitions throughout this project.
I look forward to working with Kier in the coming months and watching this development take shape’
Development of this site, which has been planned for several years, will ensure we meet our goals of providing the world-class facilities that our students and staff have told us they need, supporting our plans for growth in our staff and student numbers, and creating a more sustainable and inclusive campus. The new building, one of the centrepieces of our major estates transformation, should be ready for use from the 2027/28 academic year.
This cutting-edge teaching and learning facility will provide a number of benefits to our community, including large lecture theatres and additional state of the art flexible teaching and study spaces. All spaces will be multi-departmental and will be supported by a Student Hub, modernising the delivery of pastoral and wellbeing support for students.
You can view plans for the site on the project’s consultation webpages. You can also view and artist’s impression fly-through video of the new building on the project SharePoint page.