‘World-leading’ research building to bring 80 jobs to Nottingham

Some 80 jobs are set to be created by the University of Nottingham after plans to build a two-storey research building with offices, laboratories and seminar and meeting space were approved by Nottingham City Council.

The university wil build a Power Electronics, Machine and Control Centre (PEMC) at its Triumph Road campus in Nottingham.

The new building will include:

• 37,673 sq ft of ground floor workshop/lab space;
• Individual academic offices;
• Flexible, open-plan research space;
• Formal and informal environments where researchers and academics can come together;
• Arrival space that could also be used for exhibitions showcasing the activity of the PEMC to employers and potential funders;
• Flexible seminar space; and
• A boardroom

The PEMC group is globally recognised as a leader in its field and says the new 60,000 sq ft building will “reflect a world-leading faculty” across the transport, renewable energy systems, industrial manufacturing systems and electrical power distribution sectors.

A planning statement with the application says: “The ability to move seamlessly between spaces internally, whether that be from a laboratory to the workshop or from an office space to a collaborative workspace, creates the serendipitous meeting and chance discussions that are the heart of any research led faculty.”

Sheffield-based Bond Bryan is the architect on the scheme.