DAVID KEIR BUILDING, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST PROJECT PROFILE
WRC HAS COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE REFURB ACROSS TWO FLOORS OF A GRADE B1-LISTED BUILDING TO CREATE NEW PURPOSE-BUILT LEARNING SPACES FOR QUEEN’S CIVIL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS… Transforming an academic space
William Rogers Construction Ltd (WRC) was appointed by Queen’s University Belfast to deliver a major refurbishment of the David Keir Building’s ground and lower-ground floors. Situated on the Stranmillis Road with a further entrance fronting onto the Malone Road in Belfast, the Grade B1- listed building houses various disciplines including the School of Natural and Built Environment and School of Psychology. Representing the latest phase of a renovation programme extending back more than a decade, the 45-week project focused on refurbishing the corridors, computer suites and lecture theatres of Queen’s Civil Engineering, Architecture and Planning departments to create new purpose-built learning spaces. Commenced in summer 2025 and completed in spring 2026, the alterations
have created a bespoke 80-person flexible computer laboratory/studio space, dedicated postgraduate research and teaching spaces, single-occupancy academic offices and collaborative space, alongside refurbishment of existing computer suites. Academic offices, collaborative space and a 40-person architecture studio provide a dedicated area for the Architecture Department, improving provision for architecture staff and providing departmental identity. Complex structural remedial work entailed in the works addressed condemned RAAC concrete slabs and red lead paint on steel beams, as well as removing asbestos. A high-performance, three-layer plasterboard system was fitted to new MF suspended ceilings and metal stud
PROJECT TEAM: Client: Queen’s University Belfast Main contractor: William Rogers Construction Ltd (WRC) Architect: Samuel Stevenson & Sons Structural & civil engineer: Albert Fry Associates M&E consultant: AH Design Electrical contractor: JD McKeown Mechanical contractor: Hanna Mechanical Quantity surveyor: WH Stephens
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