Expression of Interest - For Main Contractor Works - University Of Exeter - Penryn Campus (REEF Building)

The purpose of this document is to establish whether as a Main Contractor you wish to accept or decline the opportunity to express your interest in this competitive tender. The project consists of the design (from RIBA Stage 4 onwards) and construction of a Renewable Energy Engineering Facility (REEF) subject to the agreement of final contract price, on behalf of Exeter University, at their Penryn Campus, Falmouth, Cornwall.

The purpose of the project is to ensure that University of Exeter STEM education infrastructure in Cornwall can meet the demands of both the recent and proposed growth in student numbers and the requirements of research-led and industry-facing science education. In essence, it will enable the research model of multidisciplinary science to be realised in education and attract increased student recruitment.

The Renewable Energy Engineering Facility is a facility where students can experience directly how the knowledge gained in lectures or the laboratory is applied to a number of clean energy technologies in a real-world facility. Elements of the facility may also be shared with other campus users.

This new flagship facility will enable expansion of University of Exeter’s capacity at the Penryn Campus for individual and small group research projects and industrial networking and collaboration. Users will the complete Renewable Energy teaching programmes including BSc Renewable Energy and BEng/MEng Energy Engineering.