With a diverse portfolio of projects due to start and complete in 2025, Sutcliffe is at the forefront of innovative solutions that address both contemporary challenges and the long-term needs of communities.
From high-profile educational and healthcare developments like the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology at the University of Salford and the Medicines Evaluation Unit extension at Wythenshawe Hospital, to transformative housing projects such as Longshaw Drive and Foundry Street, Sutcliffe is delivering sustainable, efficient, and resilient infrastructure that meets technical requirements and enhances the lives of the people who use them.
Projects due to start in 2025
University of Salford – Greater Manchester Institute of Technology
The Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) will be a flagship building on the University of Salford’s Peel Park campus, with construction due to start in 2025. The state-of-the-art facility is being built by Tilbury Douglas Construction, with Sutcliffe acting as civil and structural engineers, JMA Architects as lead consultant, and TACE as MEP engineers. The new learning centre will focus on higher-level, real-world technical education and training across the construction, engineering, computing, creative media, business, and health sciences sectors. The building will minimise its environmental impact in operation by using low-carbon technologies, including a green roof, solar PV panels, green wall, and rainwater harvesting. The embodied carbon during construction has been refined with innovative engineering design to maximise efficiency and minimise materials, overcoming challenging ground conditions and the constraints of working in a live university environment.

Photo Credit: JM Architects
MEU at Wythenshawe
The Medicines Evaluation Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital is one of the UK’s leading clinical research organisations and a state-of-the-art hospital-based research facility enabling the MEU to offer clients positive clinical trial solutions. The project is to deliver a three-storey extension to the existing MEU Langley Building on the Wythenshawe Hospital campus in Manchester. This extension will significantly extend MEU’s capacity, including new inpatient ward accommodation and welfare facilities, office spaces, lab spaces, a CT scanning suite, a cleanroom aseptic pharmacy suite, and seminar and meeting rooms. The existing MEU Langley Building (and adjoining National Institute for Health and Care Research – NIHR building) is to remain fully operational during the construction of the new extension.

Photo Credit: MHA Architects
Projects Due to End in 2025
Longshaw Drive
Marked as a groundbreaking council-led scheme, Sutcliffe is the engineering development lead constructing 417 new council and community-based homes, forming Salford’s largest council housing scheme for 50 years. Longshaw Drive consists of 177 Passivhaus homes that will be built to high energy efficiency, space, and sustainability standards. Sutcliffe provided civil and structural engineering services alongside Pozzoni Architects. Modern and hybrid offsite construction methods were used across the site, incorporating Spantherm floors, timber-framed houses, and lightweight steel frame apartments. Sutcliffe played a key role in regenerating this site, guiding design solutions in difficult geotechnical conditions.

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Foundry Street
Aiming to transform a vacant brownfield site off Foundry Street and adjacent to Oldham Way, the site will have 15 one-bedroom apartments for young people at risk of experiencing homelessness and in need of care and support. The one-bedroom apartments, just outside Oldham town centre, will provide much-needed accommodation for people aged between 18 and 25 who are leaving the care system and require a stepping stone towards independent living. Foundry Street is a challenging site characterised by a steep slope and a railway embankment supporting the Metrolink tram line on one side. Given these constraints, site optimisation was essential and required close collaboration with the on-site architects. Sutcliffe provided comprehensive civil, structural, and geo-environmental engineering services to support the project’s successful development.

Photo Credit: DK Architects
As Sutcliffe moves into 2025, we continue to represent our core values of sustainability, innovation, and community impact. These projects exemplify Sutcliffe’s dedication to delivering solutions that balance technical expertise and social responsibility. We continue to lead the way in designing and delivering infrastructure that makes a difference.