{"id":838876,"date":"2025-04-04T08:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/kier-set-to-scoop-university-of-warwick-stem-job\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:11:40","slug":"kier-set-to-scoop-university-of-warwick-stem-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/kier-set-to-scoop-university-of-warwick-stem-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier set to scoop University of Warwick STEM job"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/STEM-Connect-Contractor_1024x683_144dpi.webp\"   alt=\"STEM-Connect-Contractor_1024x683_144dpi.webp\"><\/p>\n<p>Kier and universtity staff at the Warwick site<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/tech\/why-construction-news-is-using-ai-to-assist-with-our-writing-31-03-2025\/\">Who is Harmsworth?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"539\">Kier has been appointed as the preferred lead contractor for phase 1 of the University of Warwick\u2019s STEM Connect Programme, part of a wider \u00a3700 million investment initiative aimed at transforming the university\u2019s science, technology, engineering and mathematics infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"916\">The programme, which forms part of the University\u2019s broader Connect Programme, will see laboratories and interdisciplinary learning spaces built at its West Midlands campus.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"916\">These facilities are intended to support a new generation of undergraduate and postgraduate STEM courses and enhance the university\u2019s capacity for globally relevant research.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"1012\">Construction is scheduled to begin later this year following the completion of enabling works. Kier was unwilling to reveal the contract price when contacted by <em>Construction News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1381\">The STEM Connect Programme is the flagship development within the University\u2019s wider capital investment strategy, which also supports growth in the Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1381\">Overall, the programme is touted as generating more than 1,500 construction-related jobs throughout the life of the project.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"1383\" data-end=\"1791\">Vice-chancellor Professor Stuart Croft described Kier\u2019s appointment as a major milestone for the University in its 60th anniversary year, adding that the new infrastructure will elevate Warwick\u2019s standing as a leader in global STEM education and research.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"1383\" data-end=\"1791\">Professor Mark Williams, Academic Lead for the programme, said the investment would \u201cfoster innovation and advance research that has real-world impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"2041\">Kier\u2019s regional managing director Mark Dady noted the contractor\u2019s experience in delivering high-quality education facilities, including its recent completion of a specialist research and education hub for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"2043\" data-end=\"2285\">Research enabled by the new facilities is expected to focus on global challenges such as crop protection and treatments for neglected tropical diseases, building on Warwick\u2019s existing work in sustainable materials and manufacturing processes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Kier email press release<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/kier-set-to-scoop-university-of-warwicks-stem-job-03-04-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Colin Marrs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kier and universtity staff at the Warwick site This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Kier has been appointed as the preferred lead contractor for phase 1 of the University of Warwick\u2019s STEM Connect Programme, part of a wider \u00a3700 million investment initiative aimed at transforming the university\u2019s science, technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":838877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4592,23519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scoop","category-university"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}