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01/07/2010 - Construction Starts on UPP Scheme at Nottingham Trent University
Construction has started on a new UPP development at Nottingham Trent University, which will deliver a new 727 room student accommodation scheme at the Clifton Campus. This sustainable campus infrastructure project is UPP’s third project with Nottingham Trent University, where UPP now operates the majority of the student accommodation on-campus. Following the successful completion of this project, UPP will have invested almost a third of a billion pounds in the UK Higher Education sector since the beginning of academic year 2009.
The latest redevelopment at Nottingham Trent University will see some of the existing student accommodation and ancillary academic support facilities on the Clifton Campus replaced with new, attractive, high quality student accommodation. Working in partnership with the University, UPP will handle the construction, operation, facilities management and maintenance of the scheme and the site will be managed 24 hours a day by UPP’s experienced UPP Residential Services Ltd (URSL) team. VINCI Construction UK, UPP’s construction partner on this project, has today begun work on the scheme, which is scheduled for completion in time to be operational at the start of academic year 2011/12.
UPP are working with youth charity The Prince’s Trust to train 15 young people and provide the opportunity for a number of apprenticeships through their Get into Construction course. The Prince’s Trust Get into Construction course supports young people who faced barriers to get into work, education and training and are interested in a career in construction.
Professor Neil Gorman, Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, said: “This exciting development reinforces our partnership with UPP and will provide great new accommodation for our students. The scheme will deliver investment and forms part of our ongoing refurbishment programme at the Clifton Campus.”
Sean O’Shea, Chief Executive of UPP, said: “This project is a great example of how UPP’s bespoke partnership approach helps universities to achieve their strategic objectives. Having worked in partnership with Nottingham Trent University for almost a decade, we’re pleased to be delivering this new, sustainable infrastructure at the Clifton Campus which will further improve the student experience. Bringing this project forward has been a major achievement and I’d like to thank everyone involved, at every stage of the process, from the University community to the investors, the Council and our dedicated staff.”
Adrian Olsen, Managing Director & Head of Global Project Finance at Bank of Ireland, said: "Bank of Ireland is delighted to have backed this project with Nottingham Trent University and UPP. The development, involving a leading UK university, will deliver investment secured on forecast long-term revenue streams and we look forward to working with UPP again in the future.”
Peter Branson, Prince’s Trust East Midlands Regional Director, said: “The Prince’s Trust is delighted to be supported by UPP, as these strong partnerships enable The Trust to help even more young people across the UK. UPP is committed to offering training and apprenticeship opportunities in the communities where they work. This will give many young people an amazing opportunity to turn their life around.”
The project forms part of the University’s plans to create an inspiring and innovative environment to match the aspirations of its students and staff, now and into the future. The scheme responds to the demand for high quality on-campus accommodation at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus and will help to ensure the University continues to attract a high volume of students in years to come. The scheme was developed in consultation with stakeholders and the local community and will help to reduce pressure on housing stock elsewhere in the City.
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For more information, please contact:
Therese Easom, Press and Media Relations Manager MCIPR, Nottingham Trent University
Direct line: +44 (0)115 848 8774
Out of office hours: +44 (0)7884 475059
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Martha Dalton, Fran O’Leary or Ian Lindsley, Jefferson Communications
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Notes to Editors
1. University Partnerships Programme (UPP) is the trading name of the UPP Group of companies. It specialises in funding, developing and operating student accommodation schemes. It has invested almost £1 billion in the Higher Education sector and plans to invest a further £1 billion over the next two years.
2. UPP Residential Services Ltd (URSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of UPP and delivers management services to UPP’s operational companies and ensures smooth operation of our student accommodation schemes from day one, URSL delivers a full range of services bespoke to each University partnership. These services include hard and soft facilities management services, marketing and revenue management all of which URSL refines to meet its client needs.
3. Nottingham Trent University is ranked 1st amongst universities in the 2009 Green League for our environmental commitment. We have 24,000 students and are investing £130 million across our three campuses to create an inspiring learning environment.
4. Youth charity The Prince's Trust helps change young lives. It gives practical and financial support, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. It works with 14- to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law.
The Prince of Wales’s charity has helped more than 600,000 young people since 1976 and supports over 100 more each working day. More than three in four young people The Trust helped last year moved into work, education or training. Further information about The Prince’s Trust is available at www.princes-trust.org.uk or on 0800 842 842.
5. VINCI Construction UK is part of VINCI, the world leader in concessions and construction. VINCI has a turnover of €31.9 billion and employs 162,000 people in 100 countries around the world.
6. The redevelopment site is located within the Clifton Campus, off the A453 trunk road, between the northern main entrance gate of the campus and the existing central gates. The scheme will provide a mixture of additional and replacement accommodation which will enable more students to live on campus as opposed to seeking accommodation in the town centre. The scheme has been designed so that it will complement existing building and land use to ensure that students have excellent access to teaching along with recreational and support facilities on campus. The new buildings will be arranged in clusters of flats to create a community feel, each containing between six to eight bedrooms, along with 151 self contained studio units. The development will also include a central management suite, reception, staff offices and launderette. In addition to this, green landscaped gardens and open space have been incorporated in designs.
7. The development has been designed by Church Lukas. For further information please see: http://www.churchlukas.com/ . By receipt of this information you have had approval to commercially publish, exhibit or include in photography or film, images of this project on the strict condition and notice that the author (Church Lukas) is legibly identified as a credit to the image or alternatively, with prior approval from CHURCH LUKAS, incorporated within the article or commentary. Identification can be one of the following: “By Church Lukas”; “Designed by Church Lukas”; “Design – Church Lukas”; or “Architects – Church Lukas”.
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