Birmingham City University's planned new City Centre Campus aims to be an educational powerhouse - creating a centre for cultural and creative excellence with an international reputation.
The exciting new campus plans will be part of the ambitious Eastside project - Birmingham's biggest physical regeneration scheme.
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City Centre Campus plans approaching final hurdle
Exciting plans to build Birmingham City University's flagship campus are gaining real pace - with two significant milestones being announced.
Detailed designs to build the new City Centre Campus have been submitted to planners for their approval - and the quest to find contractors to make these ambitions plans a reality is nearing a conclusion for the stage one appointment.
City Centre Campus Development
Birmingham City University has invited expressions of interest for a main contractor to work on the first phase of its planned City Centre Campus.
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) has carried the notice interest for the procurement of a main contractor.
University leads the way in reducing construction waste
Birmingham City University is one of the first universities in the country to commit to reducing the amount of construction waste it sends to landfill.
The University's City Centre Campus Project has signed up to the WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Halving Waste to Landfill voluntary agreement. This means that the organisers of the project will set targets to reduce the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste sent to landfill by 2012.
Site reveals prehistoric secrets
Experts have revealed that prehistoric man was once roaming around the site where the Univerity plans to build its city centre campus. An excavation project unearthed two stone flint blades, possibly dropped by hunters 9,000 years ago.
The scientists carried out excavations and an environmental survey in the area between Park Street Gardens, Bartholomew Street and New Canal Street, the site of the new campus.
