Castle Meadow Campus

Castle Meadow Campus
Inland Revenue Offices
View looking north in January 2008
Location within Nottinghamshire
General information
Type Tax office
Address Nottingham, NG2 1AB
Coordinates 52°57′N 1°09′W / 52.95°N 1.15°W / 52.95; -1.15Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°09′W / 52.95°N 1.15°W / 52.95; -1.15
Elevation 30 m (98 ft)
Current tenants HMRC
Construction started 1992
Completed September 1994
Inaugurated 19 May 1995
Cost £54m.
Client Inland Revenue
Landlord UK Government
Technical details
Structural system Concrete and brick
Floor area 120,000 square feet (39,000 sq m)
Design and construction
Architect Hopkins
Architecture firm Michael Hopkins and Partners
Structural engineer Arup Group
Services engineer Arup Group, Christian Bartenbach (lighting)
Main contractor Laing Management

Castle Meadow Campus is a distinctive and large series of buildings in the west of the centre of Nottingham, currently occupied by HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs).

History

It is built on a former goods yard.

Atrium in March 2008

Design

The engineering was designed by Arup Group.[1] The design employs natural ventilation. The main Amenity Building has a fabric roof suspended from four raking steel masts

The design employs the thermal mass of the concrete to cool the building at night. There are 1,052 pre-built deep brick piers with 863 concrete ceiling beams.

Construction

It was completed in September 1994.

Structure

It is situated off the A453 off Castle Meadow Road, next to the Nottingham Canal; a mile away down the A453 is Experian, and next to the train station is Capital One.

It comprises seven buildings with tree-lined boulevards.

Function

It houses around 1,800 staff.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nottingham: An illustrated history
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