{"id":1456,"date":"2019-09-26T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:05:01","slug":"milestone-reached-in-construction-of-uwe-bristols-multi-million-pound-engineering-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/milestone-reached-in-construction-of-uwe-bristols-multi-million-pound-engineering-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone reached in construction of UWE Bristol\u2019s multi-million pound engineering building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UWE Bristol&#8217;s new multi-million pound engineering building has moved a step closer to completion &#8211; construction has reached the top floor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A topping out ceremony was held on Tuesday 17<sup>th<\/sup> September to mark the occasion, with staff and students joining partners from contractors BAM and architects AHR to sign their names on a timber beam at the very top of the building. Head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/et\/edm.aspx\">Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/LisaBrodie\">Dr Lisa Brodie<\/a> can be seen adding her signature above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Topping-out-September-2019-630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Topping-out-September-2019-630.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Topping-out-September-2019-630-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>From left to right: Catherine Hobbs (Associate Dean Research and Enterprise), Matt Smith (BAM Construction), Richard Dewey (BAM), Steve West (Vice-Chancellor), Paul Olomolaiye (Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean), Lisa Brodie (Head of Engineering Design and Mathematics), Tod Burton (Deputy\u00a0Dean) and Graham Kingdon (BAM) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Due for completion in summer 2020, the facility will contribute to the University&#8217;s vision of being one of the top engineering schools in the country through promoting multi-disciplinary, collaborative learning and supports the predicted increase in demand for skilled engineering graduates across the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UWE Bristol staff can read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.uwe.ac.uk\/whats-happening\/news\/Article\/Topping-out-ceremony-marks-milestone-of-UWE-Bristols-multi-million-pound-engineering-building\">staff intranet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWE Bristol&#8217;s new multi-million pound engineering building has moved a step closer to completion &#8211; construction has reached the top floor! A topping out ceremony was held on Tuesday 17th September to mark the occasion, with staff and students joining partners from contractors BAM and architects AHR to sign their names on a timber beam &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/milestone-reached-in-construction-of-uwe-bristols-multi-million-pound-engineering-building\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Milestone reached in construction of UWE Bristol\u2019s multi-million pound engineering building&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineering-building-development","tag-engineering-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}