Sir Robert McAlpine’s £30m contract award follows on from a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA).
The contract comprises a full demolition, new build and extension of the existing Wynne Jones building on Northumbria University’s Newcastle campus.
The project is backed by investment from the UK Space Agency and Lockheed Martin UK Space to promote collaboration between industry and academia in the development of space technologies.
Works include a new?ground floor and six upper levels with a footprint area approximately 900 sqm. The building will provide satellite manufacturing clean rooms, advanced prototyping laboratories, a mission operations centre, teaching laboratories and collaborative spaces for work with companies in the space manufacturing supply chain.
Work is already well under way, with steelwork having now started to go up.
Completion of the North East Space Skills & Technology Centre is expected for autumn 2026.
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