DB3 has been appointed as the Client Advisor and NEC Supervisor for RIBA Stages 3-6 for the Wolverhampton Central Learning Quarter project. The project aims to bring together the City of Wolverhampton College, including a new Sixth Form Centre, Wolverhampton Adult Education Services, and the Central Library, onto a single campus in the city centre. The project involves the design, remodelling, and repurposing of a range of new and existing buildings, some of which have listed status, to provide teaching and training facilities for a diverse range of courses and learning needs. As part of the project, the public realm will undergo a re-ordering process to become an essential component of the scheme and contribute towards the concept of a unified campus.
The steel framework for the CLQ project is now complete! McLaughlin & Harvey have progressed to the next phase, which involves installing floor decking, pouring concrete on all levels, and beginning façade and roofing works. The project remains on track to be completed in time for the 2025/26 academic year. Image Credit: City of Wolverhampton Council.
Work has begun to erect the steel framework of City of Wolverhampton College’s new campus. Mal Cowgill, principal and CEO at City of Wolverhampton College, said: “Installation of the first steels is a significant milestone in the construction of the new campus and great news for the city, the college and the hundreds of students, apprentices, staff, employers and local people who will benefit from its first-class training facilities for many years to come." Image Credit - FE News.
Enabling works such as utility diversions, welfare construction and hoarding installation have been completed; strip-out, demolition and ground preparation works are ongoing; and piling has now started to establish the foundations for the new building. Image Credit - City of Wolverhampton Council
The Wolverhampton Learning Quarter has achieved a major milestone by recently breaking ground. Excavations are currently in progress, and internal stripping has begun.
McLaughlin & Harvey have been granted a Pre-Construction Services Agreement, indicating their selection to lead the planning and development of the comprehensive scheme. They will be responsible for creating detailed designs and performing some preliminary groundwork to facilitate the project's progress.
Between 2019 and 2022, the project was put on hold for an extended period. However, in 2022, the client decided to resume the project after receiving new funding and initiated a review of the design to ensure it still aligned with their requirements and complied with current standards and regulations. To facilitate this, the client engaged DB3 as their Client Advisor and NEC Supervisor for RIBA Stage 3-6.
The client, the City of Wolverhampton Council, has secured £20 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to help deliver the ambitious Wolverhampton Central Learning Quarter.
DB3 have been tasked with designing the scheme from concept to tender, encompassing RIBA Stages 1-3.
Our DB3 Education team have been providing advice on education design for over 25 years and are fully experienced across the range of learning/education building types.
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