Construction milestone at new university campus development
Sheffield Hallam University has marked the topping out of its new multi-million pound city centre campus development.
A ceremony celebrated the highest point reached in the construction of the scheme on Howard Street. The first phase of the development is due to be completed in spring 2024.
South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard was invited to visit the construction site alongside Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Chris Husbands and design and construction partners BAM, CBRE and BDP Arup.
They were joined by students and apprentices currently on placement with construction partners BAM and CBRE.
The first phase of the campus plan will deliver the latest facilities for students and staff, as well as enhancing a gateway to Sheffield city centre.
Three net-zero ready buildings will be set around Hallam Green, a new green public space at the heart of the campus.
These properties will provide a new home for the Sheffield Business School; the College of Social Sciences and Arts including SHU Law, the university’s not-for-profit teaching law firm, and a South Yorkshire Institute of Technology site as well as providing food outlets and social spaces.
Hallam Green will provide more than 4,300 sq ft of new greenery and spaces for up to 150 people to sit and relax.
Husbands said: “Delivering this first phase of the campus plan represents a significant investment in our university and our city, and we’re proud to have reached this milestone in the construction.
“This development is one of the pledges in Sheffield Hallam’s Civic University Agreement and we are committed to delivering outstanding facilities for the university community, modelling zero carbon ready construction, and to working with local partners to ensure we maximise the benefits for Sheffield and the wider region.”
Coppard added: “I’m happy to see the development of Sheffield Hallam University’s new city centre campus, which is a significant investment not just in the future of its students but into South Yorkshire itself.
“The facilities being created for Hallam’s next generation of students are genuinely state-of-the-art, offering first class teaching facilities and doing it in a way that’s carbon neutral.
“This is yet more evidence of South Yorkshire’s ambition and drive to build a new future; a future I’m proud to be working with Sheffield Hallam University to help create.”
Campus plans are being developed by key partners as part of a collaborative “Hallam Alliance”. Members of the Alliance include Sheffield Hallam University, BDP ARUP (Design), BAM (Construction) and CBRE (Facilities Management).
