Work to start on £60M Sussex University Sciences block

Following a competitive tender process, the University of Sussex has selected Mace as the preferred partner to undertake the construction of a new Life Sciences facility at the institution’s Falmer campus near Brighton.

The University announced last February that the development of a new, state-of-the-art building will be the latest investment in its £500M programme to modernise and improve its campus.

Mace was successful in its bid through meeting the comprehensive tender criteria and demonstrating its strong credentials for delivering this new facility for the University. The project will be delivered by PREACH, Mace’s public sector and education construction business unit.

The new facility will also include a Bio-Innovation Centre, which will be a hub for growing bio-medical businesses, strengthening the University’s partnerships with industry and creating more jobs in the region. The Centre has received £5.5M in funding from the Government’s Growth Fund.

Simon Neale, the University of Sussex’s Director of Estates and Facilities said: “Mace has clearly understood our ambition to develop a beacon of science and innovation excellence that will bring significant economic and social benefit to the South East and UK.

“We will work together to create outstanding modern laboratories and high-tech teaching and research spaces that will inspire the scientists of tomorrow and our talented group of world-leading academics.”