Contractor Henry Brothers has been appointed to build a new £23million engineering facility for Nottingham Trent University.

The two-storey development, in the heart of the Clifton Campus, will feature a range of engineering, teaching and research spaces, together with a large design suite, IT suite, offices and amenity facilities – and has been designed to be in the top 10% of sustainable buildings in the UK, when it comes to energy efficiency.

The contract is the latest appointment for Henry Brothers at an East Midlands university and follows the completion last year of the £12.5m STEMLab project at Loughborough University, which recently won the Design Through Innovation Award at the regional RICS Awards.

It is the company’s first major Nottingham contract and cements Henry Brothers’ position as a key player in the city’s construction sector.