NORTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE BALLYMENA PROJECT PROFILE
THE NEW CAMPUS REQUIRED A HIGH LEVEL OF END-USER INTEGRATION FOR SPECIALIST PLANT ITEMS SUPPORTING TRAINING IN MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING… NUGENT DELIVERS A COMPLEX MEP PACKAGE AT NRC BALLYMENA
A complex and challenging MEP package of works has been successfully delivered by NUGENT at NRC’s new £55m campus in Ballymena. Partnering again with main contractor Heron Bros, having previously completed the NRC Causeway Campus together in summer 2024, the new Ballymena college was handed over in July 2025. Representing a £55m investment by the Department for Education, the new NRC Ballymena is a landmark building for the town and wider area and will cater for an annual 1,800 students. Consolidating three old campuses into a single modern facility, works commenced in 2022. The new 16,800sqm site features two multi-storey blocks linked by a three-storey atrium with single-storey workshops running the length of the site and a single-storey standalone sports building. Encompassing purpose-built facilities
for vocational, technical and professional education including a 5,000sqm Advanced Technologies Department, the campus provides specialist training in mechanical, manufacturing, electrical and construction engineering. A unique project, it required a high level of innovation and end-user integration for specialist plant items in student workshops, from compressed air and dust extraction to sub breakers for electrical testing rigs. Mechanical services installed by NUGENT included LTHW heating comprising gas- fired boilers, radiators and radiant panels, and hot and cold domestic water services including CAT 5 install and gas-fired water heaters. Ventilation comprised packaged AHUs, classroom MVHRs and kitchen extract fans, alongside air conditioning, automatic controls and BMS and fume cupboard extraction.
PROJECT TEAM: Client: Northern Regional College Main contractor: Heron Bros Ltd Client ICT: McAdam Design, Mott MacDonald Heron Bros IST: Isherwood & Ellis, ARUP MEP contractor: NUGENT BMS controls: Standard Control Systems Water heaters: Hamilton Gas Products Sanitaryware: Beggs and Partners
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