News: AMRC Knowledge Transfer Centre approved

Members of the planning board of Rotherham Council have approved plans to create a Knowledge Transfer Centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Park.

The £4m centre has been designed by Bond Bryan architects for the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC) and is part of a £40m AMRC Hub that also includes the Nuclear AMRC and a Composite Manufacturing Facility.

The Knowledge Transfer Centre will enable the AMRC Hub to increase R&D activity and collaboration with regional manufacturers. It aims to increase the rate of knowledge transfer, bringing more companies into long-term collaborations with the AMRC Hub's research centres.

The two and three storey building will be used for the training of industrial experts in certification and regulations.

Professor Keith Ridgway, AMRC research director said: "The Knowledge Transfer Centre will be an extremely valuable facility for companies - they can get hands-on training with the new processes and technologies we're developing, and take that knowledge and experience back to their own factories."

Darren Southgate, associate design director at Bond Bryan said: "The design focuses on the sharing of ideas, on communication and on human interaction.

"As well as workshops and communal spaces the Knowledge Transfer Building features a 350 seat conference space.

"We are adopting the sustainable features of the other buildings we have designed on the AMP and are aiming for a BREEAM Excellent rating."

BAM will construct the centre.

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