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Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology

 
Artist's view of the new Civil Engineering Building (Image courtesy of Grimshaw Architects)

The Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology is moving with the University of Cambridge Civil Engineering Division to a building on West Campus.

Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the Civil Engineering Building incorporates a number of pioneering and innovative aspects including an energy/cost metric to minimise energy usage, design for deconstruction, the installation of building sensors and elements of innovative concrete. It is hoped a BREEAM sustainability target of ‘Excellent’, set for the West Cambridge Masterplan, will also be achieved here.

Contacting us

All our contact details will remain the same, except our physical address, which is now:

Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering

7a JJ Thompson Avenue 

Cambridge

CB3 0FA

Visiting us

If you require a car parking space please email us in advance of your visit and we will try to accommodate your needs. However, we encourage you to make use of the plentiful public transport options available, including a large park-and-ride car park near West Campus. Please find further travel details on our website.

In the entrance foyer you will find a self-check in system which will print you a visitors badge and notify your host of your arrival.

If you have any difficulty with this system, please contact our Centre Coordinator Martina Barone via phone +44 (0) 1223 3 32726 or via email at: sec@construction.cam.ac.uk.

We look forward to welcoming you to our new location in the near future.

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