N G Bailey awarded £15m BCU contract
ENGINEERING and facilities management firm NG Bailey has been awarded phase two work – worth £15m – as part of Birmingham City University’s on-going city centre campus development.
The award comes after the firm completed work on phase one of the same project.
The firm’s Engineering, IT Services, Offsite Manufacture and Facilities Services divisions will be working alongside Birmingham City University to supply a complete design, build, operate and maintain contract.
The company will provide full mechanical, electrical and plumbing services to the university including systems integration, IT cabling and active kit installation. Once work is complete, NG Bailey’s Facilities Services division will maintain the building, as part of a three-year contract.
Managing director of the Engineering division, Mike Darlington, said: “Phase one of this job to create The Parkside Building was an excellent project for NG Bailey, as it gave us an opportunity to showcase the benefits of BIM on a large scale and I am thrilled that we have been selected to complete phase two.”
Work on the Parkside Building – home to the university’s Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and its media school – was completed in June 2013. The project saw NG Bailey working alongside main contractor Willmott Dixon, to provide a full mechanical and electrical solution package for to the new building, along with an extensive IT operation, fitted by the company’s specialist IT Services division.
Phase two of the project, adjacent to The Parkside Building on Birmingham’s Eastside site, is due for completion in May 2015.
NG Bailey, which is based in Ilkley in Yorkshire, employs 2,500 people nationwide and has a turnover of £450m. It also has an operation in Birmingham.
