Castle Meadow Campus is a distinctive and large series of buildings in the west of the centre of Nottingham, currently occupied by HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs). The site was purchased by the

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in November 2021

History

It is built on a former railway

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Design

The engineering was designed by

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. The main Amenity Building has a fabric roof suspended from four raking steel masts The design employs the

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of the concrete to cool the building at night. There are 1,052 pre-built deep brick piers with 863 concrete ceiling beams.

Construction

It was completed in September 1994.

Structure

It is situated off the

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off Castle Meadow Road, next to the

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; a mile away down the A453 is Experian, and next to the

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. It comprises seven buildings with tree-lined boulevards.

Function

It houses around 1,800 staff.

References

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Design

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