SPOTLIGHT ON ESTATES & BUILDINGS
THE DEPARTMENT
OUR ESTATE
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
The Estates and Buildings Department provides a number of essential services to the University and is responsible for managing, maintaining and developing the infrastructure and building fabric of the estate across Durham and Stockton.
Our Estate comprises over 335 buildings ranging from 1076 A.D. to the present day; collectively they have a gross internal floor area of nearly 340,000 m2.
The key achievements of the Estates and Buildings Department in the last year have been:
The Department provides a diverse range of services to the University, including: • A maintenance programme which takes account of short-, medium- and longterm needs of all buildings and the University grounds • Implementing works and operating a system for dealing with day to day requirements, including the continuing provision of an ‘out of hours’ emergency service • Providing a professional technical service to the University for the design, construction and procurement of new buildings and adaptation works to existing buildings • Identifying and recording the use of space and advising on ways of increasing space utilisation. • Procuring and managing utilities and services • Providing postal and security arrangements and advice to the University.
Durham Castle and the buildings around Palace Green are part of a World Heritage Site, three properties are scheduled ancient monuments, four properties are listed Grade 1, 79 properties are listed Grade 2 and 60 properties are within the City’s conservation area. Approximately 17% of the University’s estate is over 150 years old. It is the responsibility of the Estates and Buildings Department to deal with each building in a sympathetic way in order to maintain the heritage of the estate as well as complying with regulations. The Department is responsible for the management of all major capital building projects including the £60m development of the Gateway Project which comprises the ‘Palatine’ building, accommodating headquarters and student services facilities, a new Law School and extension to the main Library and the refurbishment of Mountjoy, the creation of a Centre for Sporting Excellence at Maiden Castle, the refurbishment of Palace Green Library to create exhibition and performance facilities and the Sports Centre at Queen’s Campus.
• To progress the implementation of the Estate Strategy; • To complete the implementation of the Review of the Procurement of Maintenance and Minor Works; • To progress the Durham Project and other projects in a Capital Programme totalling over £200m; • To improve the productivity and responsiveness of the maintenance teams; • To reduce backlog maintenance by 4.5%; • Development of the Carbon Management Plan. The Estates and Buildings Department is preparing a new Estate Strategy, which will take as its key themes rationalisation, utilisation and sustainability, to address the need to reduce energy consumption.
FIND OUT MORE More information about the Estates and Buildings Department can be found at www.durham.ac.uk/estates
CONTACT DETAILS
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Mr Peter Robinson
Director
peter.robinson@durham.ac.uk
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Mr Stuart Sharp
Deputy Director (Facilities)
stuart.sharp@durham.ac.uk
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Mr Trevor Armour
Deputy Director (Projects)
trevor.armour@durham.ac.uk
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Mr Keith Evans
Management Accountant
keith.evans@durham.ac.uk
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Mr Kevin Turns
University Maintenance Manager
k.b.turns@durham.ac.uk
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Mr Phil Coxill
Head of Security
p.j.coxill@durham.ac.uk
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