Bam Construction is to build a £29 million school of veterinary medicine for the University of Surrey.

The contractor will deliver three buildings on the university’s Guildford campus that will allow teaching of veterinary medicine as well as clinical research.

The 7,150 sq m academic building will include offices and flexible teaching spaces. It will also have teaching and state-of-the-art research laboratories built to the highest levels of biosecurity.


It will also feature a central atrium hosting a café, reception and administrative facilities.

The 2,500 sq m animal management centre will provide high containment teaching and research labs, while the 1,500 sq m clinical skills building will include an animal examination area.

Infrastructure will also be required, such as earthworks, drainage, utilities and IT connections as well as the construction of roads, cycle ways, footpaths, exercise areas for animals and landscaping.

Sustainability features will include naturally ventilated office and teaching spaces, and an atrium roof shaped to guide rising air into the plant room for heat extraction.

Bam will look to work with local suppliers where possible, and will seek to involve students in the construction project to provide learning opportunities.

(CD/MH)