NEPTUNUS has been awarded contracts for two prestigious assignments which demonstrate the company’s expertise at providing cutting-edge temporary buildings for both long-term and short-term uses.
Neptunus, based in Swan Valley, Northampton, has been commissioned to erect a dual purpose temporary structure at Trinity College in Oxford which will be in place for three years to create much needed space for students while a major building programme is undertaken.
Trinity, one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University, has appointed Neptunus to provide a temporary building which will be used as a library reading room and multi-functional room for two years. It will then be transformed into a kitchen, dining room and senior common room for the final year of the contract. It will also incorporate toilets, offices and auxiliary spaces.
Meanwhile Neptunus’ events team has been awarded a five-year contract by the Lawn Tennis Association to build a state-of-the-art flagship hospitality structure at Queen’s Club for the Fever-Tree Championships from 2020. Neptunus won a competitive tender process after impressing the LTA with its ultra-modern, high-tech Evolution technology – the first time it will have been used regularly at a major sporting event in the UK.
The two-storey Evolution II structure, which covers an area of 3,450 square metres, will form the Fever-Tree South Pavilion. With the look and feel of a permanent building, it will have internal and external mezzanines and incorporate a 90-metre long wooden decked roof-top garden with panoramic views across the tennis courts. The facility will have a cafe restaurant, merchandising shop and bar area along with essential services, such as kitchens and a first aid room. Neptunus will also be responsible for the internal fit-out, climate control, lifts, floor coverings and luxury toilets within the structure.
April Trasler, Managing Director of Neptunus, said: “These two high-profile contracts underpin our expertise to supply both long-term and short-term space solutions that are really cutting edge. Trinity College were particularly impressed by the flexibility our multi-functional temporary structure technology and our ability to build it quickly and on a confined footprint.
“Our contract with the LTA provides us with the opportunity to use our Evolution structure technology for the first time at an annual UK sporting event. The Evolution has become the structure of choice for major international conferences and summits for prestigious organisations including the United Nations and NATO but from next year we will have a platform to showcase it to the sporting world.”
The Flexolution II structure at Trinity College will take just two weeks to build and a further five weeks for the internal fit-out. Trinity require the temporary space during construction of the Levine Building which will transform the college with new academic facilities and residential accommodation.
April Trasler says Neptunus have had to put special measures in place to meet the challenges presented by the confined space where the temporary building will be erected: “Trinity College is set in very historic and beautiful grounds in the centre of Oxford and the access to the site is limited because of ornate listed gates at the entrance. We have had to put special measures in places to deliver our materials. We will be using specialist plant and machinery during the build as we are unable to use our normal cranes and fork-lift trucks.”
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