The new National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam is designed to support the food and drink industry by developing new and enhanced facilities, processes and equipment and creating a knowledgeable workforce with experience of leading engineering systems and processes.
Over 40 companies - including Mars, Nestle UK and Warburtons - have already pledged their support and offered work placements, facilities, factory visits, guest lectures and advice. This, along with the £6.9m investment from HEFCE and other significant contributions from the industry, will create a food engineering facility that is unparalleled across Europe, helping to ensure the UK’s largest manufacturing sector remains competitive and successful.
Silcock Leedham have been appointed as mechanical and electrical design consultants on this £7m project in recognition of our broad based experience in the food manufacturing sector, working with client’s such as Haribo, Princes, Nestle, Coca Cola, Arla and Roberts Foods to name but a few.
Our duties will include the development of the RIBA Stage 2 Concept Design to meet the project budget, for Client and Stakeholder sign-off. Following this milestone, we will be undertaking the detailed design of the scheme up to RIBA Stage 4 for Tender and then maintaining a client side role, monitoring the Construction phase of the project through to completion and handover to the client.
