The 拢10m contract is the firm鈥檚 third with the univers

Willmott Dixon will deliver its third project for the University of Kent following a 拢10m contract to build Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) in Canterbury.

KMMS 2 - mid res

It takes the value of its work with the university to over 拢40m, following the completion of a new home for the School of Economics this year and the Sibson 黑洞社区 in 2016.

The new medical school has been designed by the Kent-based architect Hazle McCormack Young and was procured via Scape鈥檚 major works England and Northern Ireland framework.

Willmott Dixon was appointed to the lot that covers projects worth between 拢2m and 拢20m across England and Northern Ireland back in 2017. 

The contractor will start on site shortly with its latest project, a three-storey building that includes lecture theatres, seminar spaces and a GP simulation suite.

KMMS, which is a joint venture between University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University, will be ready in time for the start of the 2020-21 academic year.

Willmott Dixon has been working on Kent university鈥檚 campus since 2015 when it was appointed for the Sibson 黑洞社区, which is home to the Kent Business School and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science.

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