{"id":98504,"date":"2021-08-31T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=98504"},"modified":"2021-10-15T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:01:59","slug":"bouygues-university-of-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bouygues-university-of-essex\/98504\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouygues bags Essex student accommodation block"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bouygues-uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bouygues UK<\/a> has reached financial close for \u00a3168m on the third phase of a student accommodation scheme at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Essex<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Bouygues UK and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uliving.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uliving<\/a>, in consortium with Equitix, have successfully achieved financial close of the 50-year concession for the delivery of 1,262 student bedrooms for the University of Essex.<\/p>\n<p>The project known as \u2018The Pastures\u2019 is located on the Colchester campus and is the third phase of student accommodation that Uliving will be delivering for the University of Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Once Bouygues UK has completed the construction, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/is-facilities-management-ready\/69259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facilities management<\/a> services will be carried out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bouygues-es.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bouygues Energies &amp; Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Maximising value and innovation<\/h3>\n<p>Oliver Campbell, Uliving CEO, said: \u201cWell designed and well managed accommodation is a key consideration for UK and international students, and we have worked hard with the University of Essex over the last eight years to support their plans for expansion, delivering high quality and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/affordable-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">affordable living spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pastures will complement the University\u2019s existing portfolio of student accommodation and we are very pleased to be collaborating with our sister companies Bouygues UK and Bouygues Energies &amp; Services, combining our expertise to maximise the value and innovation we can bring to the scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Oldham, director of estates and campus services, University of Essex, said: \u201cWith two phases already delivered, we are delighted to further grow our partnership with Uliving on a third student accommodation project, which will be crucial in meeting the increased demand we are seeing from the growth in student numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018The Pastures\u2019 will be a fabulous home to our students, with a range of accommodation types to meet a range of needs, and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing work progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction works are due to start in September 2021 and completion is scheduled for the beginning of the 2023\/2024 academic year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bouygues UK has reached financial close for \u00a3168m on the third phase of the University of Essex&#8217;s student accommodation scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[99816,464,997,742],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-bouygues","8":"tag-contributor-profile","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-facilities-management"},"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>Bouygues bags Essex student accommodation block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bouygues has been appointed to the \u00a3168m student accommodation scheme for the University of Essex for including construction and facility management\" \/>\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\/bouygues-university-of-essex\/98504\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bouygues bags Essex student accommodation block\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bouygues has been appointed to the \u00a3168m student accommodation scheme for the University of Essex for including construction and facility management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bouygues-university-of-essex\/98504\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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