Million sq ft campus site is region’s biggest project
23rd June 2015

Curtain walling, windows and doors from KAWNEER are featured on Swansea University’s £450million Bay Campus site, though to be the biggest construction project in South Wales in recent times, measuring a total of a million sq ft.
The project comprises a 1,000,000ft2 development on the shores of Swansea bay, including 465,000ft2 of academic space and 1,462 student residences, associated retail space, highway works and on-site infrastructure.

Products used include Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling with 50mm sightlines, AA541 top-hung, open-out casement windows and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors and AA110 mullion-drained curtain walling, with 65mm sightlines.

The project, designed to BREEAM standards, is being delivered by the UK’s leading regeneration specialist and University partner St. Modwen. Phase 1 by main contractor VINCI Construction UK is set for completion with first students moving in by September The Kawneer elements are being installed by approved specialist sub-contractors APiC UK and AB Glass.

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