{"id":3256,"date":"2019-04-16T09:35:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2019-04-16T09:35:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T09:35:36","slug":"awrc-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/04\/16\/awrc-update\/","title":{"rendered":"AWRC update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/04\/16\/awrc-update\/construction-tour-45\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3257\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/04\/16\/awrc-update\/construction-tour-45\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554202681&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"construction-tour-45\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?fit=700%2C466&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3257 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-45.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The month of April saw its first visitor tours around the developments of our two new major research centres: the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) and the National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering (NCEFE).<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Hallam University\u2019s Estates project manager, Christopher Dales, and BAM Construction Ltd project manager, Ian Rainbow, led an insightful guided tour for colleagues and visitors around the exciting developments, which are due for completion in 2019. It gave attendees the opportunity to see the on-going construction works and find out more about how the new centres will contribute to the regeneration of the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (OLP).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/04\/16\/awrc-update\/construction-tour-32\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3258\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/04\/16\/awrc-update\/construction-tour-32\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-32.jpg?fit=460%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554205361&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"construction-tour-32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-32.jpg?fit=460%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3258 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-32-300x215.jpg?resize=300%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-32.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/construction-tour-32.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre is set to become the most advanced research centre in the world for developing innovations that will improve population health and physical activity levels, forming the centrepiece of the OLP. It will tackle key health-related issues affecting the nation, undertaking research that will be focused on taking services and products from concept to market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/research\/specialisms\/advanced-wellbeing-research-centre\">Click here<\/a> for the project website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of April saw its first visitor tours around the developments of our two new major research centres: the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) and the National Centre of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3083,"featured_media":3259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"AWRC update","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-building-and-estate-updates","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/04\/Construction.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-Qw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1810,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/04\/13\/breaking-new-ground-on-the-advanced-wellbeing-research-centre\/","url_meta":{"origin":3256,"position":0},"title":"Breaking new ground on the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"April 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sir Malcolm Grant, Chair of NHS England was in Sheffield today to mark the start of construction work on Sheffield Hallam University's Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC). 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