Awards and Other News Stories
Award winning night for the Percy GeeOn Thursday 25 April 2013 the refurbishment of the Percy Gee Building won the RICS 2013 East Midlands regional award for Building Conservation. The award, pictured, was collected by Professor Helen Atkinson, Chair of the Project Implementation Team. There was further success for the University with the new Manor Road Sports Centre rated as highly commended in the Leisure and Tourism category. Both projects were managed by the Estates Development Team. |
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Dress down Friday raises £166 for Comic ReliefOn Friday 15 March 2013 the normally smart and suave Estates Office staff, let down their hair and put on their casuals to raise £166 for Comic Relief. Staff paid a minimum of £1 each for the privilege of wearing their jeans, sweat shirts and baseball caps. |
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£600 for Charity from Jelly Welly EventCongratulations to Peter Hickling, our Portering and Cleaning Services Manager, who together with his fiance, Poppy Dakin, and several of their friends raised over £600 for a charity supporting bereaved children Winstons Wish. Their story is featured in the Leicester Mercury. |
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Colourful Scenes at College CourtLocal artist Peter Welton and children from the nearby St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy have created a 100ft long mural to brighten up the hoardings surrounding the construction site for the refurbishment of College Court. |
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Library Podium Project Recognised in Civic Trust AwardsThe University has just received notice that the construction project for the Library Podium and Bike Park was considered to be of merit at regional level and was one of only 146 construction projects put forward to a National Panel for second consideration in the Civic Trust Awards. |
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Estates Staff Raise Over £300 for Local CharityThe Estates Office Christmas Raffle held on 21 December 2012 and ably organised by Tara Tate, pictured, raised £302. The money was donated to the Sketchley Hill Menphys Nursery located in Burbage. |
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District Energy Scheme - Ribbon Cutting CeremonyThe Official Opening of the District Energy Scheme (DES) was held on Tuesday 27 November 2012. |
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Stamford Court Nominated for Building of the Year
The Stamford Court conversion, pictured was one of the three finalists in the Leicesterhire ProCon East Midlands construction project of the year awards. |
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Green Gown AwardsThe Environment Team Student Volunteering Scheme were short-listed for a euac 2012 Green Gown Award in the student awards and campaigns category. |
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Leicester projects win LJCC awardsIt was announced on 3 July 2012 that the recently completed Library podium and Stamford Court (formerly Gilbert Murray) Conference Centre (pictured) projects have won Leicestershire Joint Consultative Committee (LJCC)for the Building Industry merit awards for craftsmanship. |
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Bioblitz event identifies over 400 species on CampusOver 100 people (staff, students and members of the local community) took part in the bioblitz. The picture right shows some of the volunteers. |
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Estates Division Welcomes New DirectorTrevor Humphreys joined the University as the new Director of Estates and Facilities Management on Monday 11 June 2012. To find ou |
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University commended by SALIX as a top 5 clientOn 29 May 2012 the independent, government supported, funding body SALIX wrote to Chrispal Anand our Carbon and Energy Manager commending the team for their performance. The University of Leicester has come fifth on the committed carbon saved from a list of 294 clients across the public sector. To find out more about the University SALIX fund goto. |
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Jubilee Beacon Lit on University CampusThe University celebrated the Diamond Jubilee by lighting a beacon on the lawn outside of the Fielding Johnson Building. Much of the organisation of this very successful event was provided by Dharminder Shoker of our Space Management Team. |
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Green Impact GoldThanks to the hard work of all the staff in the Estates Office and an inspirational team leader, Sarah Peacock, Head of Space Management. The Estates Office won both Gold and Innovation Awards at the 2011/12 Green Impact Awards Ceremony. |
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University Bike Park OpensThe construction of the Library Podium, essential for future maintenance of the building, also improved landscaping and disabled access and afforded space for a 300+ bike park, opened by the Vice-Chancellor on 8 May 2012. |
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Carbon Saver Gold StandardIn Spring 2012 the University was awarded the widely recognised Carbon Saver Gold Standard, achieving a 92% score. The standard is a recognition of the University's commitment to carbon reduction. |
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Farewell to Paul GoffinIn February 2012 the Estates Division bid a sad but fond farewell to Paul Goffin, Director of Estates, who had worked for the University for more than 10 years. Paul left us to become Director of Estates at the University of Oxford |
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Callum Glover meets His Royal Highness, Prince AndrewCallum Glover, an electrical apprentice with our maintenance team, met His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York, at the launch of the Confederation of Apprenticeship Training Agencies (COATA) in London. |
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District Energy Scheme (DES)
The DES which is a collaboration between the University of Leicester, Leicester City Council and Cofely District Energy Ltd will use the heat generated as a bi-product of electricity generation to heat buildings in the University and City, saving 12,000 tonnes of CO2 each year. |
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Mark Heggs wins National AwardThe Estates Division's own Mark Heggs pictured left collecting his Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate (ICWCI)'Building on Quality Award' for his involvement with 'Percy Gee Building in November 2011. For more on this story goto. Mark was also asked to write the forward to 'Building Regulations in Brief. Seventh Edition' which was published in February 2012. |
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Percy Gee Refurbishment Wins Major Regional AwardThe refurbishment of the Percy Gee won the ProCon East-Midlands construction project of the year. The picture shows Paul Goffin, Director of Estates Collecting the Award from Dr. Phil Hammond. This was only one of many prestigious awards won by this project. |
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The Michael Atiyah AnnexThe Michael Atiyah Annex is a £1.4million building to accommodate the expansion of the Space Research Centre, constructed off-site as 14 modular units and assembled on campus inside 9 weeks. The Building was opened by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science in January 2011. |
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Investors In PeopleAfter much hard work from the whole team the Estates Division gained IiP accreditation in December 2010. |
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David Wilson LibraryCompleted in 2008, providing excellent facilities for staff and students, winner of a coveted RIBA award and opened by Her Majesty the Queen. |
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