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Turf Cutting Ceremony for South Cambridgeshire District Council Building

14 Oct 2002

Watched by over 50 guests, Councillor Mrs Daphne Spink, leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council and local member for Cambourne, cut the first turf at SCDC's state-of-the-art office site at Cambourne Business Park on Thursday 10 October.

The new offices will boast a high number of green and modern building design credentials including mixed mode ventilation, sound reducing measures, and low energy lighting and appliances.

Mrs Spink said: “After two years of consultation and planning, the official start of building is an exciting time for us all. SCDC is modernising the way it provides services throughout the authority and this building marks the start of visible progress in all those areas. Cambourne will ultimately be South Cambridgeshire's largest community outside of Cambridge and we are looking forward to being based within our own district.”

Daniel van Gelder, Associate Director of Development Securities Projects Ltd., commented: “We have worked hard over the past year to meet the Council's financial and design requirements. We now have a solution that will give South Cambridgeshire a headquarters to be proud of.”

The developers are working to an 18-month build contract and occupancy is currently on line for early 2004. When the building is completed, SCDC will move from its current Cambridge city centre offices.