Campus Developments

The University of South Wales is proud to announce Calon as the chosen name for the new STEM development at the heart of the University’s Treforest campus.

Welsh for ‘heart’, the building will be at the centre of delivering education for the next generation of engineers, built environment professionals, and computer and data scientists.

Calon will feature more than 40 new innovative teaching, learning and research spaces, including electronics and hydraulics labs, a flight simulator, a robotics lab, clean and industrial research spaces, collaborative teaching spaces, as well as virtual reality capability, and a range of exhibition spaces.

Featuring interdisciplinary neighbourhoods including Built Environment and Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Aerospace, Informatics and Electronics, and Computing and Data Science, the development will provide spaces for student collaboration and innovation throughout their studies.

Construction of the new facility will be completed in 2026.

Latest developments (updated March 2025)

The majority of the groundworks for the building have now been completed, including the installation of 186 individual 750mm diameter concrete piles, each containing steel reinforcement for anchoring into the structure above.

The next phase of the construction of the new Computing, Engineering and Technology building on Treforest Campus is now underway, and will see the major structural work start to take shape above ground.

With the arrival of 35m and 40m high cranes on campus in late January 25, the next step will see the cranes being used in the construction of the five-storey building’s concrete frame.

The frame will include 115 ground-floor columns, each of which are anchored by four starter bars, ranging in diameter from 16mm to 40mm. The tallest ground floor column is 5.27 metres high, with the heaviest weighing in at 2,900kg. The erection of columns commenced in February 25, providing students, staff and visitors to the Treforest Campus first glimpses of the building rising from the ground.

The concrete frame is expected to take approximately nine months to build, while cladding and steel will also begin to be added to the building’s frame from late summer 25.

Keep up to date with the latest building developments with the time lapse feeds below: