The work for the new HB Allen Centre involves complex façade retention and basement works. The retained façade will be “lifted” on pile stilts whilst the redevelopment of the basement is completed.
Anthony Nagle, who has led BAM’s work in Oxford since 2008, said: “This scheme re-unites us with Rick Mather architects, the designers behind our work at the Ashmolean Museum here when I first came to Oxford.”
The bursar of Keble College, Roger Boden, said: “It matters to us that we are dealing with a firm that, although multinational, has deep roots in the region and a team that guards its reputation jealously. We chose BAM primarily because of its strong focus on collaborative teamwork. The basis of any construction project is of course contractual, but for us a successful project is all about trust and a shared vision of what we want to achieve.”
Work begins this spring for completion in summer 2018.
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