With the contractors arriving this Monday, 25 May all of the technical data is being finalised and here is the first part of the Structural Frame Analysis Model from Scott White and Hookins our fantastic structural engineers.

If you’d like to fly through in 3d then you can download the full model here (.vrml file, 304kb). You’ll need to install a viewer that is avaliable here (sorry Mac users it isn’t compatible with your Operating System, please accept out apologies - it’s technology not apathy).

Scott White and Hookins say…

The model the user will see is a 3 dimensional representation of the structural frame exported from our structural analysis model for the proposed building. We suggest that once the SWH Percy Gee Structural Model file has been opened, users of the VRML viewer should click on the ‘Fit’ icon in the bottom right corner first. This will display the whole structure. It should then be possible to use the various other ‘walk’, ‘fly’ etc. icons to move around the frame.

Keep checking for even more updates from the site.

On 26th May, the University will start a major refurbishment and extension project which, once completed, will have transformed the 1950s Percy Gee Building into a modern, purposeful and attractive new Students’ Union. It will feature a spectacular new atrium (bridging between the two wings) with communal social space for students and improved catering and retail facilities, a 1750 capacity music venue, bar, space for student societies, and increased provision for welfare & support services. Gone will be most of the 35 or so different levels that have made the building frustratingly inaccessible for wheelchair users in particular, as we have striven with the new scheme to make it completely accessible to all.

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