Speller Metcalfe secures £11m Dudley College new build
WORCESTERSHIRE construction group, Speller Metcalfe has been appointed to Dudley College’s new £11.685m Centre for Advanced Building Technologies.
CABTech is being procured using the Integrated Project Insurance (IPI) methodology. This is one of three new procurement methods being trialled by Cabinet Office and is aimed at improving efficiency in the construction industry. A key element of the IPI process involves appointing the whole project team, including the constructors, at the point of inception.
James Speller, Director of Strategic Development, Speller Metcalfe, said: “We’re delighted to have been appointed as main contractor to one of the UK’s first Integrated Project Insurance (IPI) procured schemes.”
Working with Dudley College on the project are in addition to Speller Metcalfe, Metz Architects, Pick Everard, Fulcro Engineering Services and Derry Building Services. The whole project is facilitated by Integrated Project Initiatives.
Malvern-based Speller Metcalfe said the building was targeted for completion in the spring of 2017 and would utilise several modern methods of construction to create state-of-the-art training facilities, some of which are the first of their kind in the Further Education sector in the UK.
Examples include a four-storey high hangar in which students will learn how to fabricate and assemble buildings using the latest available technologies. There will also be a digital centre in which innovative Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital environment software packages will be used.
Other facilities include a carbon-friendly technology centre and construction manufacturing and fabrication centre.
