News: Rotherham building up for another award

The AMRC's Factory of the Future at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham is up for another construction award.




Conder Structures' entry is now on the final shortlisting for a 2009 Structural Steel Design Award to be presented by The British Constructional Steelwork Association, BCSA, and Corus.

The AMRC was designed by Bond Bryan to be a world first in terms of design, complementing the work carried out in the building which is leading the way for manufacturing as a whole.

The building incorporates 20 sustainable and specified environmental features and achieved an "excellent" BREEAM rating of 71.13% from assessors 3 Planets. The BREEAM rating for global warming potential is "low" and the Factory has a NOx emission rating better than industry standards.

The contract for 4,654m2 factory, the second phase of development by the University of Sheffield´s AMRC with Boeing, was won by Conder from main contractor Bowmer and Kirkland.

Conder Structures is based in Burton-on-Trent and is a top five UK structural steelwork specialist and one of the best known names in British engineering.

The 2009 Awards will be announced at a reception in London on July 9th.

Conder website
AMRC website
Rotherham

Images: amrc.co.uk / conderstructures.com