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The Victoria Building has been a fixture of Middlesbrough since before it was Teesside University. It’s an imposing two-floor Victorian brick building, with grand sash windows and impressive sight against the backdrop of the modern structures that surround it.
The building was designed by Alexander & Herman and built originally as a school in 1892, before being purchased by Constantine Technical College in 1963. That college later became ‘Teesside Polytechnic’, which then merged with Teesside College of Education and in 1992, became the ‘University of Teesside’. In 2009, its name was changed again and became ‘Teesside University’.
The £2.3 million refurbishment of the Victoria Building will provide enhanced business networking opportunities, presentation spaces and facilities and is part of Teesside University’s £300 million masterplan to transform the campus to enhance the experience for students, staff and partners.
Our role in the ongoing project was to carry out the renovation of the 110 existing windows, done over two phases, and was completed at the end of 2020. With any heritage project like this, it’s important to not only upgrade the windows to meet modern standards of efficiency and performance (improving security and sound-proofing) but to preserve the character of the building.
It’s testament to our team that we’ve been able to do both. Being involved in the restoration of an iconic building and learning first hand the meticulous craft and attention to detail required to replicate period windows was a great experience for our apprentices, Joe Howe and Bailey Donkin, who were assisting on-site.
The Victoria building is at the heart of Teesside University, and is the home to Teesside Launchpad, where students and graduates have access to workshops and mentoring and in areas from finance and intellectual property to branding and marketing to help them grow their ideas.
It was great for us to be involved in the renovation of a space used to nurture future Teesside businesses.
Darlington
Greatham
You can contact us via the contact form on the right, or if you would like to email us documentation, such as an invitation to tender, please contact info@erwltd.co.uk or call +44 (0)1642 1234459 and a member of the team will be in touch.
