Willmott Dixon has been awarded a £19 million design and build contract to construct the University of Bedfordshire's new library in Luton.

Spread over seven floors, the iconic building will become a landmark in the town centre incorporating 7,400 sq meters of space that will connect to the rest of the University’s Luton campus via a bridge link.

"The appointment of Willmott Dixon to build our new library is great news," said the University's Vice Chancellor, Bill Rammell. "This move further underlines our ambitions for current and future generations of students at Bedfordshire. The fantastic new facility will further enhance the students' learning experience, offering the latest digital learning technologies, an expanded space for print resources and flexible study space for individual and group study, which will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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"This investment also underlines the University’s commitment to developing first-class teaching and learning facilities in Luton. Only last month we launched a new dedicated Art and Design building in Guildford Street. We also opened a CSI crime lab facility on Cumberland Street in the town, for forensic science students to gain valuable practical experience as part of their studies."

Willmott Dixon is currently delivering nearly £200 million of projects to modernize, update and extend university accommodation, including the £46 million phase two of Birmingham City University's master plan.

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