Manchester Engineering Campus Development MECD, Northwest England Higher Education Building Photos
MECD Manchester Engineering Campus Development Design
19 May 2021
Manchester Engineering Campus Development News
Design: Mecanoo with Penoyre & Prasad, and BDP
Location: Manchester, North West England, UK
Construction completed on UK?s largest engineering campus at The University of Manchester
19th of May 2021 – Construction of the largest home for engineering in any UK university has been completed. With the conclusion of the base build phase, the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) was handed over to the University of Manchester on Friday, 14 May 2021.

Delivered by a collaborative team of builders, architects and engineers, MECD represents the single largest construction project ever completed by a higher education institution in the UK. Building design was undertaken by Mecanoo with support from Penoyre & Prasad, with detailed design during the technical and construction stages by BDP, and multidisciplinary engineering services provided by Arup. The main contractor was Balfour Beatty and it was project managed by Buro Four, with Buro Happold as the Environmental Sustainability Advisor. MECD will provide world-class sustainable research facilities, alongside flexible and innovative teaching and learning spaces that will enable students to shape their own learning environment. It will house a community of 8,000 students, researchers, academics...