As University of East Anglia (UEA) announces the recent completion of its new student residences - widely acclaimed as the most innovative university accommodation in the UK - leading project and cost consultancy Davis Langdon has produced the following list of interesting facts and figures related to the development:
- 29,168 tonnes of concrete were used in construction. (By way of comparison, the weight of a FlyBe plane leaving Norwich airport fully laden with fuel, passengers and luggage is about 35 tonnes.)
- The residences are 5 storeys tall and the pop up plant room is the buildings highest point, which is 15.9m (52 feet). That’s equal to three double decker buses and a single decker bus sitting on top of each other.
- 8370m2 of vinyl were used to cover the floors.
- 4,260 coats hooks have been put up.
- Bookshelves installed cover a distance of 3.6 miles.
- There are 130 kitchens with 216 microwave ovens and 347 fridges.
- 18,018m2 of plaster cover the walls of the bedrooms alone.
- The total internal floor area of the new residence is 28,108m2 – more than double that of Norwich bus station.
- 24,033m2 of land around the new buildings have been sown with grass seeds.
- The total weight of the bathroom pods is 3000 tonnes!
Working with LSI Architects and contractors RG Carter, Davis Langdon acted as project and cost manager on the development of the 1287 bedroom, £40 million construction project.
Stephen Brown, Partner at Davis Langdon’s Norwich office says, “This has been a challenging and exciting project to work on, utilising our experience in delivering projects to the education sector.”
Davis Langdon’s Norwich office is involved in several other major projects in the area including the refurbishment of Norwich Theatre Royal, the £90m renovation and refurbishment of Norwich Union’s Headquarters and the redevelopment of the campus at City College.
The UEA is set in 320 acres of rolling parkland and is ranked amongst the top 20 in the United Kingdom by the Sunday Times.
