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The two spaces will have the ability to be combined, and also reduced in size, depending on the work being presented.<\/p>\n<p>There will be public spaces inside and outside, including a new square and a riverside setting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> is lined up as main contractor on the project, having been procured under the North West Construction Hub under a two-stage appointment in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Factory project is due to complete in the first quarter of 2020 with a view to being launched in September 2020. Landowner <a href=\"http:\/\/alliedlondon.com\/\">Allied London<\/a>\u00a0is acting as development manager for the project, which has been supported by \u00a378m from the Treasury and \u00a37m of Lottery funding.<\/p>\n<p>The professional team also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/uk\/en.html\">Deloitte<\/a> as planner; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burohappold.com\/\">Buro Happold<\/a> as structural and facades engineer; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardiner.com\/\">Gardiner &amp; Theobald<\/a> as project manager; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdp.com\/\">BDP<\/a> as services engineer; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charcoalblue.com\/\">Charcoal Blue<\/a> as theatre consultant; <a href=\"http:\/\/levelav.nl\/en\/\">Level Acoustics and Vibration<\/a> as acoustic engineer; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vectos.co.uk\/\">Vectos<\/a> as transport consultant; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsp.com\/en-GB\">WSP<\/a> as fire engineer; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planit-ie.com\/\">Planit IE<\/a> as landscape architect.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Richard Leese, leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchester.gov.uk\/\">Manchester City Council<\/a>, said: \u201cCulture and creativity have a critical role to play in Manchester\u2019s future success \u2013 not just by inspiring ideas and imaginations but through creating opportunities and jobs. The Factory will help take this to a whole new level and open up a new chapter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-activity-surging-in-manchester-birmingham-and-leeds\/38153\/\">Manchester\u2019s history of innovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only will people no longer need to move to London for the best cultural and creative roles, it will give audiences from around the country and even the world another great reason to head here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amended designs for Manchester\u2019s \u2018Guggenheim of the North\u2019 arts building, the \u00a3110m cultural venue, have been given final approval by Manchester City Council\u2019s planning committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,620,567,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-laing-orourke","9":"tag-planning-system","10":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Factory project gets stamp of approval<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amended designs for Manchester\u2019s \u2018Guggenheim of the North\u2019 Factory project, the \u00a3110m cultural venue, have been given final approval\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/factory-project-go-ahead\/43925\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Factory project gets stamp of approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amended designs for Manchester\u2019s \u2018Guggenheim of the North\u2019 Factory project, the \u00a3110m cultural venue, have been given final approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/factory-project-go-ahead\/43925\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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