Eighty jobs to be created as plans revealed for new research centre

Plans have been revealed by the University of Nottingham to build a two-storey research building with offices, laboratories and seminar and meeting space in a move that would create 80 jobs.

The university wants to build a Power Electronics, Machine and Control Centre (PEMC) at its Triumph Road campus in Nottingham.

If it receives planning approval, the new building will include:

• 37,673 sq ft of ground floor workshop/lab space;
• Individual academic offices;
• Flexible, open-plan research space;
• Formal and informal environments where researchers and academics can come together;
• Arrival space that could also be used for exhibitions showcasing the activity of the PEMC to employers and potential funders;
• Flexible seminar space; and
• A boardroom

The PEMC group is globally recognised as a leader in its field and says the new 60,000 sq ft building will “reflect a world-leading faculty” across the transport, renewable energy systems, industrial manufacturing systems and electrical power distribution sectors.

A planning statement with the application says: “The ability to move seamlessly between spaces internally, whether that be from a laboratory to the workshop or from an office space to a collaborative workspace, creates the serendipitous meeting and chance discussions that are the heart of any research led faculty.”

Sheffield-based Bond Bryan is the architect on the scheme.