{"id":6738,"date":"2025-07-22T07:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:46:49","slug":"sdc-gets-date-for-60m-iconic-stirling-building-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/sdc-gets-date-for-60m-iconic-stirling-building-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"SDC gets date for \u00a360m iconic Stirling Building revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bedfordshire contractor SDC will begin work in early 2026 on a major \u00a360m refurbishment of Cambridge University\u2019s iconic James Stirling-designed Faculty of History building, after securing planning and listed building consent.<\/p>\n

The landmark Grade II* listed building, completed in 1968 and forming part of Stirling\u2019s famous ‘Red Trilogy’, is set for a full restoration including new extensions, a full services upgrade and major sustainability improvements.<\/p>\n

The job marks the first major award through the University\u2019s Consultants and Contractors Framework. SDC is understood to have beaten Kier, Bowmer & Kirkland, and Willmott Dixon to land the prestigious contract.<\/p>\n

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How the reading hall will look following the refurbishment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Designed by BDP with engineering support from Arup, the revamp will address long-standing issues such as water ingress and poor thermal comfort, while restoring original architectural features.<\/p>\n

In addition to upgrading the building fabric and replacing services, the proposals include two new pavilions that will provide additional library and study space and improve both accessibility and fire egress.<\/p>\n

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The south pavilion, one of two proposed extensions to the building<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The University aims to hit BREEAM Excellent and adopt a zero-gas strategy as part of its wider sustainability goals. Final University approvals are expected later this year, with completion due by the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/wL2kq1H<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bedfordshire contractor SDC will begin work in early 2026 on a major \u00a360m refurbishment of Cambridge University\u2019s iconic James Stirling-designed Faculty of History building, after securing planning and listed building consent. The landmark Grade II* listed building, completed in 1968 and forming part of Stirling\u2019s famous ‘Red Trilogy’, is set for a full restoration including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6739,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions\/6739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}