Education

Tricon developed a catering strategy as the catering goes beyond lunch and break times. There is a breakfast club, subsidised by the school. We subsequently developed a design and operational brief for the catering facilities and worked up schematics and detailed designs for them.

Since its creation in 1997, the University has continued to develop substantially over the years. Tricon provided detailed concepts and foodservice design support for the University's new catering operations on campus. Foodservice was to be integral to supporting the innovative style of the design and acting as a catalyst for movement.

Tricon was commissioned to provide strategic advice on foodservice across 11 universities being developed in Libya. The majority of campuses were new build locations, in a variety of environments. The advice encompassed: the optimum provision recognising cultural and social factors, conferencing, production and support facilities, logistics, sizing, MEP infrastructure and style of offer.

Tricon was a sub-consultant to the Dublin Architect De Blacam and Meagher to provide full strategy and design services for The Cork Institute of Technology including the training kitchens. The building opened in 2004 and accommodates the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Studies. The building won both the RIBA European Award and the RIAI Award for the Best Educational Building in 2007.

As part of a fundamental review of its operating practices and accounting systems, the College appointed Tricon to undertake a full review of the catering and conference department. This exercise involved a comprehensive assessment of stakeholders requirements and a review of current operations and financial performance.

North West Kent College has over 1,800 students (full time and part time) ranging from 16 to 65 and 450 staff. Tricon provided full design and construction support. Having completed the design of the main restaurant, training kitchens and coffee bar, we assisted the Client with the tendering of their catering provision.

With over 33,000 full-time students, Leeds University is one of the largest Universities in the UK. Tricon undertook a strategic review of the main student refectory that was perceived to be out dated and failing to meet consumer requirements and expectations. The review looked at options from closure of facility to options for development of more appropriate foodservice provision.

This iconic new building designed by Zaha Hadid was developed in response to legacy planning carried out by The Qatar Foundation. Tricon's role was to develop a foodservice operational brief and subsequent kitchen designs for restaurants feeding the students and academics on site.

The LSE is one of the largest colleges within the University of London. It also has a higher percentage of mature students than average campuses. Tricon developed a foodservice strategy to support the University's expansion plans providing policies for their growing and diverse range of students. Consideration was also given as to how some of the facilities could be opened up to an external client