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Buckingham builds Salford Stadium
Buckingham Group Contracting, with design partners AFL, SKM and BWB, has won the design and build contract for the £16m City of Salford Community Stadium, part of the overall £26m development. Salford City Council formed the joint
venture company with Peel to develop and deliver the stadium which is the largest single investment in sport in the city for decades. The project, which brings 45 acres of
derelict land back into use, includes the development of a 12,000 capacity stadium with four stands, the main stand with concessions and community resources, player facilities, club match day facilities, banqueting and conferencing space, executive boxes, club offices, kitchen and media and control rooms, two community outdoor pitches, a community changing facility and parking spaces for 600 cars and 20 coaches. Initially built for a 12,000 crowd, the
stadium will be extended to accommodate up to 20,000 over time. Once complete it will be managed by the council-Peel joint venture company.
The Brunel Institute sits alongside Brunel’s only surviving ship Brunel joins ss Great Britain
A library, archive and education centre has joined the ss Great Britain in Bristol. Known as the Brunel Institute, the facility holds a comprehensive collection of material relating to the lives and work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, his father Marc Isambard and son Henry Marc. The institute is managed by ss Great
Britain Trust. The charity worked with architects Stride Treglown on the project’s external design, which in part replicates
Brunel’s original steam engine factory destroyed by bombing in the Second World War, to provide a respectful backdrop to the ship. Alec French Architects advised the Trust on design, including a curving glass corridor. Build work was undertaken by Linden Homes Western and Bray & Slaughter.
The National Brunel Archive holds around 45,000 items including ship plans, models, passenger and crew diaries and letters.
Construction work is scheduled to complete in spring 2012 Dorchester centre underway
The stadium will be ready for the 2012 Super League Season
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Work has started on the £8m Dorchester Sports Centre, the result of a partnership between West Dorset District Council, Dorset County Council and The Thomas Hardye School. The centre, which is being built by Leadbitter, will include a six-lane swimming pool with spectator gallery, a 60-station fitness suite, dance studio, changing village and increased car parking facilities. The public and local schools will continue to be able to use the existing
Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre until the new facility is completed. Together with the recently-opened super grass pitch, the new centre will be used by local schools and the community providing larger, more modern facilities. It will also be cheaper to maintain and more environmentally friendly than the existing pool. Once the new centre is open, the old pool will be filled in and a sports hall built in its place. This will complete in 2013.
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