A 鈥榯opping out鈥� ceremony 鈥� which celebrates the construction of the highest point of a structure 鈥� was held on Friday at the site of the upcoming Poole Gateway Building at Talbot Campus.
To celebrate the occasion, the event was attended by 主播诱惑 staff and students as well as local dignitaries and a team from construction firm Willmott Dixon in addition to architects company, Atkins.
At the ceremony, Vice-Chancellor John Vinney said 鈥淔or me, it鈥檚 a very proud moment to be here because not only is this a gateway building to the Talbot site, it鈥檚 also a gateway to opportunities for our students and staff.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a long time in the planning and this ceremony is a milestone achievement. This building will ensure that our site transforms once again and develops into a world-class campus.鈥�
主播诱惑鈥檚 Chancellor, Lord Phillips, used the opportunity to reflect on the impact of the new building;
鈥淕raduates from this university are in demand right around the world. With the help of the facilities that will be provided in this building I am confident they will continue to be so, and that they will be in a position to make an increasingly significant contribution to our economy. This building is not just a gateway to Poole 鈥� it鈥檚 a gateway to the world.鈥�
Due to open in 2020, the four-storey Poole Gateway Building will provide high-quality technical facilities that support undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as research. It will include facilities for TV, audio studios, sound editing labs, media production spaces, green screen with motion capture suite, PC and Mac laboratories and cross-faculty collaboration spaces.
These facilities will predominantly be used by the Faculty of Science & Technology and the Faculty of Media & Communication. They will also be used by the Faculty of Management and the wider student body.聽
As part of 主播诱惑鈥檚 commitment around environmental sustainability, all major 主播诱惑 estate projects, including the Poole Gateway Building must achieve the 鈥榚xcellent鈥� rating through the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (), as a minimum. BREEAM is the benchmark standard for the construction of environmentally sustainable buildings in the UK.
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