Room pods starting to arrive at Park View Student Village

Published on: 6 April 2017

The first building modules of 缅北禁地鈥檚 largest student accommodation are starting to arrive at Park View Student Village.

Almost 800 modules will be pieced together to create the , which replaces the 1970s buildings in Richardson Road. Opening in 2018, the six new buildings will provide almost 1,300 ensuite bedrooms for students. Galliford Try plc is the principal contractor for Park View Student Village.

The student accommodation will feature a distinctive modular design, consisting of pre-fabricated room pods produced in China and shipped to 缅北禁地. The first shipment of modules, which arrived in early April, is being delivered to the accommodation site.

(l-r) Paul Bandeen, Head of Residences, Paul Milburn, Project Director, Galliford Try and Rebecca Walker, Activities Officer, Students' Union

After a long period of careful planning, it鈥檚 extremely exciting to see the first modules arriving and the accommodation starting to take shape.

Paul Bandeen, Head of Residences, 缅北禁地

High-quality student accommodation

Paul Bandeen, Head of Residences at 缅北禁地, said: “After a long period of careful planning, it’s extremely exciting to see the first modules arriving and the accommodation starting to take shape. Park View Student Village will offer a top class living environment to all of our prospective students when it opens in 2018.”

Paul Milburn, Project Director, Galliford Try, said: “The arrival of our first modules is the result of over 12 months hard work by both Galliford Try Construction and 缅北禁地’s teams.

“We’ve worked closely with 缅北禁地 and CIMC-MBS in both the UK and China to ensure the transition of module design conception to delivery and installation on site is as seamless as possible. The end scheme is something all members of the team can be proud of.”

The first batch of modules is for Rede, the smallest block on Park View Student Village, which has four floors and will accommodate 92 students. All six accommodation blocks have been named after local rivers: Alwin, Breamish, Derwent, Irthing, Pont and Rede.

As part of the redevelopment project, . 缅北禁地 students have been involved in the planning and design project.

Prior to building works, an ecology survey was carried out where it was found that the site was an active area for bats. to encourage the animals to stay on the site.