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Derby-based housing provider Derwent Living, in partnership with Bouygues Development, will construct the next phase of £190 million ($288.66 million) student accommodation scheme for the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

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Upon completion, the student accommodation scheme will include 3,000 bedrooms with social space and roads on the site at the College Lane campus in Hatfield. In addition to the main construction and refurbishment works, the scheme also includes new sports pitches, a campus gym, informal learning and social spaces, and a new dedicated bus route.

The construction involves the development of more than 2500 student rooms, and will be carried out by Bouygues UK under a contract worth around £117 million. Facilities and asset management for the new and 500 existing units will be completed as part of a contract worth more than £200 million.

The new buildings will achieve a true zero carbon accreditation and meet BREEAM Outstanding requirements under the 2011 regulations.

To be developed in three phases, the first phase will start immediately and will complete in September 2014 in time for new 2014/15 academic year.

Construction works will continue alongside the existing accommodation units which will be in operation throughout. Each phase will be completed in time for the start of the following academic year, with the entire scheme expected to finish in September 2016.

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