Manchester Museum

The University of Manchester and the Manchester Museum has worked with Sustainability Consultancy Mainer Associates to successfully deliver a BREEAM Assessment to achieve a BREEAM Very Good Rating at Design stage. The post-contract team is in the process of again achieving BREEAM Very Good at Post construction assessment stage. This is to certify the buildings as built sustainability performance in relation to BREEAM criteria. BREEAM is a scienced based third party certification scheme that assesses an array of sustainability led criteria from design though to post construction stage. This covers 9 key sustainability categories: project management & commissioning, health and wellbeing, energy, transport and accessibility, water monitoring and consumption, materials and responsible sourcing, waste, land use and ecology and pollution.

The refurbishment elements of Manchester Museum have retained its original features whilst the new build extensions have integrated new façade elements such as terracotta tile rainscreen cladding, which add to the architectural language of the listed building. The selection of a terracotta rainscreen protects the building against impacts from future weather patterns and climatic scenarios, and future proof the building from material degradation. The specification does also not discolour over time, preserving the system over the buildings life cycle and reducing the need for maintenance/replacement.

Material procurement has been guided by a Sustainable Procurement Plan with Kier working with suppliers to raise environmental performance standards and ethical practices together. Kier also adhered to Pollution Prevention Principles for land, air, and water on site, to avoid causing harm to local environment.