he GEIC will complementManchester’s existing NationalGraphene Institute (NGI),

where over 200 scientists andengineers are dedicated to grapheneand 2-D materials research. Together,the two facilities will reinforceManchester’s position as a globallyleading knowledge base in grapheneresearch and commercialisation.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, GeorgeOsbourne, announced funding for thecreation of a £60m GrapheneEngineering Innovation Centre (GEIC)during a visit to the University'sgraphene laboratories on 10 September.

The GEIC will be partially funded by£15m from the Higher EducationFunding Council for England’s UKResearch Partnership Investment Fund(UKRPIF), £5m from the TechnologyStrategy Board and by £30m fromMasdar, the Abu Dhabi-basedrenewable energy company owned by

Mubadala which focuses onadvancing the development,commercialisation and deployment ofclean technologies and solutions.Additional funding for the Centre andits programmes will be provided byother research funds and institutions.The Centre will allow for theacceleration of applied research anddevelopment in partnership with otherresearch organisations and industry.

In addition, The University ofManchester and Masdar Institute, theresearch-intensive university that is akey pillar of the Masdar Initiative, havecommenced identifying jointgraphene application research andfellowship programmes, which willfocus on industrial applications forgraphene across a range of sectors.

Vice-President and Dean of the Facultyof Engineering and Physical Sciences,Professor Colin Bailey, said: “Researchand development in graphene and 2-D material applications will

transform the world. The world-leading knowledge base is here inManchester and to harvest thisknowledge, for the benefit of theeconomy and society more widely,urgent infrastructure facilities are

required. The GEIC, supported by partfunding from the UKRPIF, TSB andMasdar, is essential to maintain theUK’s international leadership positionin this area and ensure effectivecommercialisation of a UK discovery.”

New £60mEngineeringInnovation Centre

his second edition of CampusMasterplan Update provides a round-up of progress around the capital

projects which are already underway andthose which are coming on line as part ofthe first phase to 2018.

Since the last issue, significant progress has beenmade across a number of the projects and aparticularly exciting announcement is that theUniversity will be home to a £60m GrapheneEnterprise Innovation Centre for the development

of graphene and other 2D materials on the site ofthe Faraday undergraduate block. There are alsosome fantastic images of Coupland III showinghow it will look upon completion; plans for Phase 2 of the re-development and refurbishmentof Manchester Business School and PrecinctCentre have been submitted for approval whichwill transform this part of the campus; andprogress is being made on the engineeringcampus with concept designs soon to becompleted and enabling works set to commenceearly next year.

An important element in bringing the vision of theCampus Masterplan to life, is the fundraisingeffort to enhance these ambitious capital projects.See the back page for more details on thisimportant work.

Further updates on progress will be provided hereand across other University channels such asStaffNet and UniLife.

Diana Hampson

From the Director of Estates and Facilities

Campus Masterplanupdate

Issue 2

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The University is to build a £60m Graphene EngineeringInnovation Centre (GEIC) on the North Campus. Thefacility will be critical in the development of commercialapplications and in maintaining the UK’s world-leadingposition in graphene and related 2-D materials.

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President Nancy Rothwell and George Osborne

Vaughan House creates new home

Changing the landscapehe design process for the BrunswickStreet public realm scheme is set to getunderway with the appointment oflandscape architects Planit.

Brunswick Street is an important area of publicrealm on the campus, which currently benefits fromlarge areas of green space between the surroundingbuildings and the existing road.

As stated in the University’s Landscape Masterplan:“the wide carriageway and railings are a physicalbarrier, interrupting areas of green space andpedestrian movement. There is also inconsistency inpaving and furniture along the street and a lack of

identity in contrast to comparable spaces such asUniversity Place.”

Brunswick Street will be one of several public realmschemes on the campus all of which have thepotential to transform the campus and raise thequality of the external environment.

The Landscape Masterplan has been developed inthe context of the wider Campus Masterplan and inthe light of evolving proposals for the Oxford RoadCorridor. It sets out an indicative approach tosolutions for the design of the spaces betweenUniversity buildings, and aims to ensure that there isa cohesive vision and approach.

The University is to appoint three maincontractors to deliver the majority of itslarge capital projects including those ofthe Campus Masterplan.

The scope and scale of the Masterplan presentssignificant delivery challenges and thePartnership Framework aims to procure servicesover the long-term to get the best people,deliver the best buildings and achieve the bestvalue. This procurement strategy relates toprojects over £10 million from the CampusMasterplan and other large projects beingdelivered alongside these.

Assistant Director of Estates and Facilities andHead of the Capital Projects Unit, Steve Jordansaid:”The Partnership Framework will be a keycomponent to successfully delivering theCampus Masterplan and will help to ensurethat completed projects contribute to theUniversity’s 2020 Vision.”

Three key themes have been identified for the Partnership:

• Employ high quality teams and improve theirperformance through the programme

• Deliver the projects within a collaborative environment

• Support the University’s 2020 Vision Goal 3of Social Responsibility and EnvironmentalSustainability with greater control overcarbon targets, energy and waste, local recruitment and community equivalent for example.

Significantly, the appointed contractors will be awarded further work on the Masterplansubject to the successful delivery of previous projects.

Steve added:“The scope of the Masterplan andthe resource required to deliver it will see asignificant positive impact on the regionalconstruction industry and through thispartnership we are securing the services ofthose contractors in a long-term partnershipwith benefits for all.”

The aim is to have the partnership establishedand operating in early 2015.

Buildingpartnerships

ork on Vaughan House hasnow been completed creating anew home for the ManchestereHealth Research Centre one offour such hubs in the UK.

This Grade II listed building built in 1875 hasbeen substantially repaired and refurbishedas well as having a small new buildextension added.

Around 50 staff from various sites acrossGreater Manchester will be able to cometogether at the site behind the Holy NameChurch and next to the Stopford Building.Health and computer scientists will combine their expertise to interpret largeand complex health datasets in researchenvironments that safeguard patient confidentiality.

The new centre will act as a hub providingspecialist research and teaching facilities aspart of a consortium led by The University ofManchester, in conjunction with theUniversities of Liverpool, Lancaster and York.

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n important stage of thelandmark ManchesterEngineering Campus

Development (MECD) project issoon to be completed with thefinal selection of the conceptdesign to be confirmed thisautumn, which will allow projectarchitects Mecanoo to beginturning the vision into a reality.

The largest capital project everundertaken by the University, the£300m MECD will be a state-of-the-art facility to provide the Universitywith a landmark gateway to the city -and the rest of the world.

Once complete, the MECD willprovide a new home for theUniversity’s four engineering schools -Chemical Engineering and AnalyticalScience, Electrical and ElectronicEngineering, Materials andMechanical, Aerospace and CivilEngineering and Foundation Studies.As well as the Faculty Office andadditional capacity for futureexpansion, the development will alsonow incorporate a central teachingblock which replaces earlier plans fora separate teaching block adjacent tothe Booth Street East car park.

The concept design has beeninformed by an intensive briefing

process which has captured therequirements of users that will meanthat both teaching and researchactivities inform each other in acollaborative and practicalenvironment.

The concept design triggers the nextstage of the project - the preparationof the site earmarked for MECD,between Grosvenor Street and BoothStreet East with the demolition of theGrosvenor Halls of Residence fromearly 2015, followed by demolition ofthe Materials Science Centre insummer 2015. The Grade II listedOddfellows Hall and the JamesChadwick Building will be

incorporated into the newengineering campus.

In the run-up to the demolition of theMaterials Science Centre, the work torelocate facilities and equipment ontoparts of the North Campus will beginin Spring 2015. This includes enablingwork in The Mill and MortonLaboratory and re-opening part of theMaths and Social Sciences Buildingstarting in 2014.

Construction work on the newengineering campus itself will begintowards the end of 2015. Students,staff and other stakeholders will beupdated on any likely disruption asthis work progresses.

Milestone for landmark engineering development

he University and developersBruntwood have submitted plans forPhase Two of the £50 million

redevelopment of MBS.

The plans include the refurbishment of ManchesterBusiness School to provide significant improvementsto its facilities, the redevelopment of the existingPrecinct Centre to create 40,500 sq ft of retail andleisure space, the removal of the link bridge acrossOxford Road and public realm improvements.

The proposed refurbishment of around 200,000 sqft of Manchester Business School will createsignificantly improved teaching and administrativeaccommodation, a new Learning Library andEnterprise Zone.

The existing Precinct Centre will be reconfigured tocreate a mix of retail, food and leisure units withglazed frontages onto Oxford Road providing forthe campus community and those living andworking in the area.

Phase two also includes the removal of the linkbridge across Oxford Road to improve views andlight levels in the area. Public realm improvements,such as pavement widening, will enhance the areafor pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users.

This complements the new hotel and enhancedManchester Business School Executive EducationCentre, both of which are being developed as partof Phase One, construction of which is scheduled tobegin later in 2014

Diana Hampson, Director of Estates and Facilities atThe University of Manchester, said: “We share along-term vision with Bruntwood to deliver not just

exemplary facilities for Manchester Business Schooland the University, but to create a landmarkdevelopment on the Oxford Road Corridor. We aredelighted, therefore, to be submitting this planningapplication, which will see the implementation ofthe next stage of the vision.”

Subject to planning consent, work on Phase Twowill begin in 2015, with the development set toopen in mid-2016. The refurbishment works will becompleted in early 2018.

MBS andPrecinct plans

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lanning permission and listed building consent for the Coupland IIIproject has been granted and the demolition of some outbuildingsand strip out works have commenced with the main worksscheduled to commence next spring.

Staff from the School of Dentistry have now moved into the temporaryaccommodation which has been put in place behind Waterloo Place and next to the Arthur Lewis Building. This is called the J R Moore Building – a dental alumnusof the University.

These images show how the building will be transformed once the work is completed.

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s the University makes the biggest investment in itsinfrastructure in its history, in an environment ofpublic funding austerity, philanthropy is asfundamental as ever.

This support can provide matching funding for elements of thisplan, maximising what is possible and creating leverage from bothpublic and private sources. It can also fast-track the provision ofoutstanding facilities within buildings: cutting-edge researchequipment in engineering laboratories or translational clinicalsettings, student learning facilities, or the most innovative andforward-looking specialist equipment for students with disabilitiesin the world.

The Division of Development and Alumni Relations is working toencourage and solicit philanthropic donations towards the £1 billion Campus Masterplan. Dominic Boyd, Head ofPhilanthropy (Campus and Research), leads on donations in thesupport of this. Working closely with academic and ProfessionalSupport Services (PSS) colleagues, he seeks to communicate theUniversity’s ambitions for the campus to those with the meansto provide support.

His work includes meeting with prospective supporters andarranging events that illustrate our plans. In May, Dominicwelcomed some of our most senior alumni to a private dinner atThe Gherkin in London hosted by Director of Estates and Facilities,Diana Hampson and Vice-President Professor Clive Agnew. Formany of those who attended, the dinner was their first opportunityto learn about the Campus Masterplan and some of those whoattended have subsequently made donations to support theUniversity’s work.

Dominic says:” The numbers of University friends and alumniwho donate is rising significantly and their support fundsresearch, scholarships and the improvement of facilities acrossthe campus. Support for new build and equipment projects fromour alumni and donors who choose to partner with us, will giveus financial flexibility to invest in wider programmes associatedwith the new build, maximising what is possible within aconstrained funding environment.”

To learn more about the impact of philanthropy and its importanceto the delivery of the Campus Masterplan, please contact DominicBoyd, Head of Philanthropy (Campus and Research) email:dominic.boyd@manchester.ac.uk or extension 58577.

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A number of moves to enable work to start later this month on the Dover Street building which will provide a temporary home for a number of MBS departments.

The staff association (UMSA) and Wellbeing have moved temporarily to refurbishedrooms in Crawford House in the University Precinct Centre. Ultimately they will belocated in new premises the Simon Building next year.

Temporary space has been re-provided for the Central Teaching Spaces unit on theground floor of Devonshire House until January 2015.

The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) within the School of Nursing andMidwifery has also temporarily moved out of Dover Street to Devonshire House untilJanuary 2015.

Moves from Dover Street

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