Mace has secured the job to upgrade and expand the University of East Anglia’s celebrated brutalist grade II-listed Lasdun building at its Norwich campus.
The firm has secured the first phase of the prestigious revamp with an £88m bid, beating rival Vinci.
Built in the 1960s, the teaching and science building, later called the ‘Lasdun Wall’, comprises four buildings constructed to appear as one – Building 3, Building 4, Building 5 and Building 6.
The University plans to carry out a four-phase strip-back-to-frame refurbishment of the Lasdun Wall.
Phase 1 will deliver new science facilities and teaching space in an extended Building 3, while existing science research facilities continue to operate within Buildings 4, 5 and 6.
The existing science facilities are currently at risk due to potential condition failures of the buildings.
The project also provides an 86% betterment in thermal performance of the fabric, aligning it with the UEA Net Zero Carbon targets.
DSM Demolition are delivering the soft strip while Mace should start work in the autumn.
