Topping out ceremony for new IBERS building
Professor April McMahon, Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, performed a topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the latest phase of construction on the new £8.6m IBERS research and teaching facility at Plas Gogerddan.
Professor McMahon was joined by senior members of staff at IBERS, members of the IBERS External Advisory board, the construction company Willmott Dixon, project managers Davies Langdon and architects Pascal & Watson, for the occasion which was marked by attaching a cutting from a Yew tree on to the building.
Speaking at the ceremony, Professor McMahon said: “This is a highly significant project for IBERS and the University. IBERS is a vitally important engine of research activity for the University and it is fitting that this new development at Gogerddan should house such state of the art facilities. It is good for genetics, agriculture and ecology and will provide a fantastic training ground for students to work across the boundaries of those very...