Dudley Animal Studies Centre wins three civil engineering awards
Cundall, a global company of consulting engineers and designers, received the Overall Project Award, the Carbon and Sustainability Award, and the Medium Project Award for their work at the Dudley Animal Studies Centre.
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The awards were presented on Thursday 1 May 2025 at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) held their annual West Midlands Awards Ceremony in Birmingham.
Sponsored by Taylor Woodrow, the guests were joined by ICE President, Professor Jim Hall and guest speaker was Professor Turi King, Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, known for her work leading the genetic analysis for the identification of King Richard III.
This multi-award-winning project involved a major retrofit of a 1950s building, which was scheduled to be demolished, but the team recommended that it would be more sustainable to refurbish the building.
The project was not without its challenges; there were no historic plans, but through extensive research the project team ensured that the building could withstand the extra loading from insulation, partition walls and animal enclosures.
The result is a low energy, low CO2 education facility on Dudley College of Technology’s Broadway Campus, which will be used by the Animal Care and Welfare Department, where students will learn how to care for pets, working animals, livestock and wildlife.
Commenting on this year’s awards ICE East and West Midlands Regional Director, Jo Barnett, said: “I would like to congratulate all our entrants and in particular, Cundell and the Dudley Animal Studies Centre for taking away three awards this year.
“Our judges had a diverse range of projects to consider from all sectors of the industry, drawn from right across the region. Many entries this year also highlighted the sustainable benefits civil engineers in the region are bringing to our everyday lives and this particular project was a great example of that.
"Our annual awards are important in not only demonstrating the importance of civil engineers, whose hard work and dedication can often go unnoticed, but in also celebrating the positive impact that civil engineering has right across the region.”
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