The name Bruce McLaren is legendary in car racing and now the University of Auckland is building a $125 million high-performance engineering facility in his honour. 9:25 am today New $125m Bruce McLaren Centre for Auckland University From Nine To Noon, 9:25 am today Vice Chancellor of Auckland University/Waipapa Taumata Rau, Nic Smith launches the plans for a $128m Bruce McLaren Centre for High Performance Engineering Photo: RICHARD NG.