University reveals £175m Edgbaston investment
Plans to invest £175m in its Edgbaston campus have been unveiled by the University of Birmingham. Proposals include the construction of an Olympic-sized swimming pool and new library.
The five-year investment will centre on facilities including a 50-metre swimming pool, sports halls and training facilities for the university's sports clubs. A new library will also be created on-site.
Zena Wooldridge, the university's director of sport, said: "Birmingham is a city with a proud sporting heritage and sport plays a huge part in the life of our campus. In less than a year the city will be hosting the Jamaican and US Olympic teams for their pre-London 2012 training campus and athletes from Birmingham will be starring at the London games.
"Although the new centre will not be open for 2012 we believe it will provide fitting facilities for the UK’s second ranked sporting university and a perfect base to train and develop future Olympians."
The university has enlisted architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and S&P to manage the development of the plans.
