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Aberystwyth University has announced that Balfour Beatty has been selected as the preferred bidder for the development of its new student accommodation. The £45million pound scheme will be located on Penglais Farm, on land immediately behind the existing award winning Pentre Jane Morgan student village and within walking distance to the University’s Penglais campus. The new development will provide en-suite accommodation for 1000 students and include 100 studio flats. The accommodation includes enhanced learning and communal zones, in keeping with Aberystwyth’s progressive approach; the first students are expected to take up residence in September 2014. James Wallace, Director of Campus Services at Aberystwyth University commented: “We are pleased with the progress made with the competitive dialogue process. We expect our new residences to be handed over to us in 2014 and have students living in this fantastic new purpose-built accommodation, which will be an important step towards ac...

Aberystwyth University has confirmed that outline planning permission for its proposed new residential development to accommodate up to 1,000 students has been granted by the Ceredigion County Council. The new residences will be located at Penglais Farm, on land immediately adjacent to the University’s existing award winning Pentre Jane Morgan Student Village, and within easy walking distance of its all facilities on its main Penglais Campus.  The University is currently undertaking the final stages of a competitive OJEU procurement process to design, build, fund and operate the development with two remaining participants, Miller Consortium and Balfour Beatty. The target date for building work to commence is late 2012, and for student occupancy is in September 2014. Construction costs are expected to be in the region of £40 million. James Wallace, New Residences Project Director at Aberystwyth University said: “We are delighted with the news that planning permission has been gran...

Aberystwyth University is advancing with the process of procuring new halls of residence which is expected to provide accommodation for 1000 students in modern self-catering accommodation at Penglais Farm. The University has been engaged in a competitive dialogue tender process since March 2011 when a contract notice was posted on the Official Journal of the European Union inviting expressions of interest from potential developers. The University received three excellent submissions at the end of Phase 2 of Competitive Dialogue. Following the evaluation by the Project Team, Balfour Beatty and The Miller Consortium have been selected to participate in Phase 3 which will commence mid January 2012. The unsuccessful participant was Sir Robert McAlpine. The Project Team reported that all the submissions were of a very high standard. The University thanks Sir Robert McAlpine for their interest in the Project and would very much welcome submissions from them in the future. To furth...