Kier Construction Eastern has won five Norfolk Association of Architects Craftsmanship Awards. The five projects in and around Norwich were presented with the awards on the 9th July 2015.Kier’s Kevin James, Chris Lowe, John Claydon, Dennis Cotton, Andrew Richman and Mark Wright, along with guests from the UEA, LSI and Ingleton Wood Architects attended the event at the Barnham Broom Hotel.
Earlham Hall – Class C – Restorations, Alterations and Additions – Full Award
Earlham Hall is an important Norfolk house. It dates from c1580 and is now owned by the University of East Anglia, used as their School of Law. The building was not so much restored as painstakingly rebuilt – brick by brick and timber by timber.
Crome Court – Class B – New Non-Residential – Full Award
The £10.1m 232-bedroom, 5 to 7 storey Crome Court, is hailed as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the UEA’s east campus, and met all their aspirations for their new student residence block. It is constructed from Cross Laminated Timber with modular bathroom pods.
Norfolk UTC – Class C – Restoration, Alterations and Additions – Full Award
Kier remodelled the 5400m2 former factory to create a 600 pupil University Technical College. One half of the building holds computer suites, classrooms and laboratories, independent study spaces, a dining area and an employer’s lounge. The other half is devoted to technical learning – electrical and electronic, materials and engineering sciences.
City College Norwich – Class C – Restoration, Alterations and Additions – Full Award
The project involved constructing a Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) unit, which also houses a classroom and printroom. This is to provide a facility for disabled students to enable them to learn and thrive in a mainstream educational environment.
Julian Study Centre – Class B – New Non-Residential – Full Award
This sustainable four storey building with a glazed frontage and vibrant pink render is thought to be the first time a cross-laminated timber structure has been used with termodeck.
