{"id":100,"date":"2015-10-26T11:10:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T11:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/?p=100"},"modified":"2015-10-27T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T10:00:46","slug":"10-west-reaches-high-point-in-its-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/2015\/10\/26\/10-west-reaches-high-point-in-its-development\/","title":{"rendered":"10 West reaches \u2018high point\u2019 in its development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A special ceremony, dating back thousands of years, took place last\u00a0week\u00a0to celebrate a crucial stage in\u00a0the 10 West building project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/10\/10W-topout-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-103\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/10\/10W-topout-3-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"10W-topout-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/10\/10W-topout-3-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/10\/10W-topout-3-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/10\/10W-topout-3.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 'topping out' of the new multi-million pound building\u00a0was performed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell.<\/p>\n<p>The 'topping out' celebration is held when the highest point of a new building has been constructed. Traditionally it was a celebration to thank workers for their efforts, to honour their safe working, and to wish safety for those about to complete the construction.<\/p>\n<p>Dame Glynis was joined by members of the University Council, representatives from the main contractor Vinci Construction, and other University colleagues including Director of Estates Martyn Whalley.<\/p>\n<p>The new 10 West building is due to open in early 2016 at a cost of around \u00a329m. It will provide state-of-the art new research and teaching space for the expansion of the Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/psychology\/\">Psychology <\/a>as well as a new home for the University's <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/ipr\/\">Institute for Policy Research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martyn Whalley said: \"We are delighted with the progress of this major building project which will provide much needed additional academic space on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Cole of Vinci Construction, added: \"We are extremely pleased to have been awarded this prestigious project, and to be working with an exceptional team of individuals to achieve the best for the University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe building works are progressing well and are on programme for a successful completion next April.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special ceremony, dating back thousands of years, took place last\u00a0week\u00a0to celebrate a crucial stage in\u00a0the 10 West building project. &nbsp; The 'topping out' of the new multi-million pound building\u00a0was performed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell. The 'topping out'...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[6,17,18],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-west","tag-10w","tag-topping-out","tag-vice-chancellor-professor-dame-glynis-breakwell"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/new-builds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}