LJMU Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University has purchased the old Royal Mail sorting office on Copperas Hill. The building, which covers the three and a half acre site, adjacent to Lime Street Station, is expected to form the epicentre of the university’s city centre campus.
Plans were initially for the building to be refurbished rather than demolished and it is expected the space will be used to house departments such as admissions and student support. The site was purchased for £2.6 million pounds and the university wanted to secure the site safely and quickly, whilst also creating an aesthetically pleasing gateway to one of the city’s arterial routes.
Hoard-it were asked to install a flexible hoarding solution, but the university didn’t just want to have plain hoarding panels. They saw it as an opportunity to use the 150 LM of site hoarding as a blank canvas to communicate their plans for the sire, but also to brighten up the area. We supplied a reusable timber hoarding system with a site graphics solution that provides advertising for the university. At Hoard-it, we are proud to be carbon neutral and sustainability is a part of every aspect of the business. This extends to our hoarding panels which are fully reusable and none of them have ever gone to a landfill site.
After a new plan was submitted and receiving planning permission, contractor Morgan Sindall began work on the Student Life Building and Sports Building. The five storey Student Life Building will house a range of services including advice and well-being, careers advice, group study areas and teaching spaces. The Sports Building will offer facilities including an eight-court sports hall, two multi-purpose halls and a gym.
The development will also create attractive public open spaces, that will be available to the local community as well as staff and students. This project is a key part of the development of Liverpool John Moores University, and it marks a major investment in new state of the art facilities. Other improvements in the future include refurbishment of existing buildings in the university estate.
