Alan Turing Building

This article is about Alan Turing Building in Manchester. Not to be confused with the buildings of the same name at the Open University in Milton Keynes or at QinetiQ in Malvern.

Alan Turing Building
Former namesAMPPS
General information
TypeEducational
LocationManchester, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°28′4.8″N 2°13′53.1″W / 53.468000°N 2.231417°W / 53.468000; -2.231417
Completed2007[1]
OwnerUniversity of Manchester
Technical details
Floor count5
Floor area17,000 m2 [1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sheppard Robson[1]
Services engineerEmcor Engineering [3]
Main contractorHBG Construction[2]
Awards and prizes2007 NW Regional Construction Award for Sustainability – Winner, Considerate Constructor – Gold Award. Building & Engineer Awards 2007 – Public Project of the Year – Finalist, Building & Engineer Awards 2007 – Energy Efficient Project of the Year – Finalist, RICS North West Awards 2008 – Sustainability – Finalist [4] Chartered Institute of Building "Construction Manager of the Year" – Silver.

The Alan Turing Building, named after the mathematician and founder of computer science Alan Turing, is a building at the University of Manchester, in Manchester, England. It houses the School of Mathematics, the Photon Science Institute and the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA) (part of the School of Physics and Astronomy). The building is located in the Chorlton-on-Medlock district of Manchester, on Upper Brook Street, and is adjacent to University Place and the Henry Royce Institute.

While under construction, the project was known as AMPPS : Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics and Photon Science. The building was shortlisted for the Greater Manchester Building of the Year 2008 prize, which is awarded by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.[5] The manager of the building project was awarded a silver medal in the Chartered Institute of Building "Construction Manager of the Year" awards.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Piccadilly Manchester — Sheppard Robinson". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
  2. ^ Kingframe Architectural Facade Systems Project Profile: University of Manchester AMPPS, Off site, August 2006,[1][permanent dead link]
  3. ^ EMCOR Group PLC 2005 Review, p9 [2] Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed 30 December 2007
  4. ^ "Labs 21 Alan Turing Building 2 March 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Binns, Simon (1 August 2008). "Four buildings shortlisted for Building of the Year". Crain's Manchester Business. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Construction Manager of the Year 2008". Retrieved 23 December 2008. [dead link]