Contractor to use BIM on the project

Contractor Morgan Sindall has been appointed to build a 拢16m operating centre for Network Rail in Manchester.

Network Rail will run all its operations in the North-west from the building in Gorton.

The three-storey building has been designed to meet the BREEAM Very Good sustainability standard and features a roof covered in plants and high levels of insulation throughout.

James Morgan, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: 鈥淥ur collaborative and full 好色先生TV Information Modelling (BIM) level two approach will deliver a bespoke solution to Network Rail and provide them with a state-of-the-art home for many years to come.鈥�

The firm has already won a number of other Network Rail jobs this year including an 拢8m contract to refurbish the subsurface platforms at Liverpool鈥檚 underground stations; a 拢9m project to install a system to cool the platform areas at Green Park tube station and a 拢13m project to extend and enhance Wednesbury tram depot in the midlands.

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