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Kier<\/a> is to deliver Manchester Metropolitan University\u2019s<\/a> brand new \u00a335m School of Digital Arts (SODA), a project funded by MMU and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority<\/a><\/h2>\n

The School of Digital Arts will comprise state-of-the-art teaching facilities over 5 floors. The building will bring creative, digital, technology<\/a> and business assets together. The interdisciplinary school will house subjects that span film, animation, user experience design, photography, games, AI and more.<\/p>\n

The new facility with be located on the site of the Students Union car park on Higher Chatham Street, Manchester and, once completed, it will have the capacity to teach 1,000 students per year.<\/p>\n

The School of Digital Arts project will start on site in winter 2019 and is due for completion in spring 2021. Throughout the build programme, Kier has committed to creating 10 apprenticeship opportunities and engaging with the City of Manchester workforce by hiring 100 local people and engaging with the local supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peter Commins, managing director for Kier Regional Building North West, said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted to continue our relationship with Manchester Met the project is a key part of Manchester Metropolitan Universities Estates Masterplan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SODA building will give students access to state-of-the-art facilities, enabling them to study an exciting range of subjects under one roof.\u201d<\/p>\n

This latest win for Kier reinforces its position as a provider of educational facilities.<\/p>\n

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