The Crescent partnership has submitted plans to build a new state-of-the-art acoustics building in Crescent Salford’s innovation zone.
The 1,300 sq m (circa 14,000 sq ft) building would house the research, commercial and teaching activities of the University of Salford’s acoustics department.
The Crescent partnership, which comprises the University of Salford, Salford City Council and ECF – a joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse – has appointed Morgan Sindall Construction as the main contractor to deliver the building.
The partnership is targeting a BREEAM Excellent rating for the all-electric building, which will sit within the 29-acre Crescent Innovation area.
Trevor Cox, director of acoustics at the University of Salford, said: “Sound is integral to life, and so the work we’ll do in this building will impact the public. To take one example, we might be working with industry and government to reduce the harms to health that noise creates. The new laboratories will help us to forge a better sounding future.”
Max Bentham, development director at ECF, added: “The regeneration of this currently underutilised area will help to enhance Salford’s global reputation for industry and innovation. Not only will students and employees at the University of Salford benefit from this state-of-the-art facility, but so too will the surrounding community and wider region as the area attracts businesses and investment.
“The facilities within Crescent Innovation will be world-leading places to innovate and collaborate, bringing education and industry together to help shape the future of Salford.”
Steven Gregory, area director for the North West at Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Over recent years it has been our privilege to deliver several world-class new facilities for the staff and students at this brilliant university, and we are thrilled to be renewing our relationship on this brilliant new project.
“Through its investment in its campus, the university has demonstrated that it is focussed on using the technologies of tomorrow to help improve the world around us – an ethos fully shared by Morgan Sindall. We’re very proud to support them on their journey.”
If planning permission is granted, work is anticipated to start on-site in summer 2025 and complete in spring 2027.
