InterCity Place named Regeneration Project of the Year at Construction News Awards 2024

The building has been transformed into a sustainable and state-of-the-art facility for our nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
InterCity Place at night with view of train in foreground
The University of Plymouth’s new home for healthcare training and research has won a prestigious accolade.
InterCity Place, overlooking the city’s main railway station, triumphed in the Regeneration Project of the Year category at the Construction News Awards 2024.
In declaring it the winner, judges praised the University’s vision – and the work of its main contractor Kier – in taking “a redundant inner city 1960s office block in a challenging location and creating a state-of-the-art training facility”.
The £33million project, completed in August 2023, transformed a prominent building that had sat idle for more than a decade.
Repurposed and reinvigorated, it is now home to cutting-edge facilities that are being used to educate future generations of nurses, midwives, allied health professionals​, optometrists and social workers.
The building was also redeveloped to the highest environmental standards, having been rated SKA Gold and with more than 1,800 tonnes of embodied carbon saved by reusing the existing structure.
InterCity Place was one of 10 projects shortlisted for the award, and eclipsed initiatives from every corner of the UK.

The InterCity Place project has taken an iconic building and transformed it into a facility that will have a lasting impact on our students and staff, the city of Plymouth and beyond. Its successful regeneration has been achieved through considerable innovation and collaboration. This award is a reward for everyone connected to the University and its partners who have worked to make that happen.

Trevor WillsMr Trevor Wills
Director of Estates & Facilities

We love it when our teams, supply chain and partners are recognised for their skill and talents. Building refurbishment projects like this require huge amounts of collaboration from all parties to deliver successful outcomes. Working with the University of Plymouth, and others including Plymouth City Council and Network Rail, we have created a facility that everyone involved – and the city and region as a whole – can be proud of.

Doug Lloyd
Regional Director at Kier Construction Western & Wales
The success in the 2024 Construction News Awards is the latest accolade achieved by the InterCity Place project during 2024.
It was commended in the Best Project Category of the Royal Town Planning Institute South West Awards for Planning Excellence.
It was shortlisted in the Building of the Year, Regeneration Project of the Year, and Education Project of the Year categories at the Michelmores Property Awards.
It was also shortlisted in the Refurbishment Revitalisation category of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors South West Awards.

InterCity Place: facilities for health professions, nursing and midwifery

InterCity Place complements existing clinical facilities and creates an unrivalled location where undergraduate and postgraduate students from a variety of disciplines learn together under one roof.
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