Work at the Polhill Avenue site starts this month, with the 3,680m虏 new building scheduled to open in January 2015.
Kier appears to be the university鈥檚 preferred construction firm, having recently built a 拢20m five-storey building at its Luton campus and the 拢34m Campus Centre on the same site before that.
Vice chancellor Bill Rammell said: 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted that we have appointed local firm Kier to build our new teaching facility. It will be a major boost for the Bedford campus, marking the start of our ambitious plans to redevelop existing campus accommodation and re-landscape the site over the next five years.鈥�
Graham Howe, Kier Construction managing director for the eastern region, added: 鈥淲e are thrilled to be awarded this further project for the University following on from our construction of both the Campus Centre, and the Postgraduate & Continuing Professional Development Centre at the University鈥檚 Luton Campus.鈥�
The new building at Bedford will provide teaching and lecturing rooms, informal learning spaces and a new student services centre.
This latest development is part of the University鈥檚 plans to invest some 拢25m at the Bedford campus over the next five years.
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