Buildings, Maintenance, Refurbishment & Design
Middlesbrough College starts work on skills boost bungalow
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undreds of Middlesbrough College students will get a head start in the jobs race thanks to the removal of a blot on the landscape. Esh Group has teamed up with Middlesbrough College to demolish a derelict property on the college site.
In its place will emerge the site for an innovative construction project which will help hundreds of Middlesbrough College Construction students gain the skills they need to compete in the jobs market.
The project is believed to be the first of its kind in the North East and has already caught the attention of several external bodies, including national assessors.
Middlesbrough College acquired the site last year and since then has been making plans for its use.
Those plans are now coming to fruition! Esh Group will demolish the derelict building before laying the infrastructure for the Middlesbrough College Construction site. The site – once complete – will be used by Middlesbrough College Construction students and over the course of an academic year they will build a detached bungalow.
At the end of the academic year the bungalow will be deconstructed, the materials recycled and the whole process will start again with a new intake of students.
Marty Humphries, Head of Construction Projects at Middlesbrough College, said: “This planned facility will replicate a working construction site and will offer students the opportunity to gain valuable site experience in their trade area.
Monodraught helps college achieve a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating
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rospects College is a vocational skills training provider based in the South East of England with sites in Southend, Brentwood and Basildon. Architects Ayshford Sansome has been working with Prospects on a new training facility, completed in Basildon.
Shortly after work started, changes to the way the funding was provided meant a one- year delay before continuing.
The original aspiration for the centre was to create a sustainable building featuring sustainable technologies. Prospects also intended to use the building itself as a practical education resource for its building services students. However, with a third of the budget
gone it seemed these aspirations would be lost. Thanks in part to natural ventilation specialist Monodraught, the result is still a very sustainable centre, despite losing some of the technologies originally intended for it. The choice ensured that the building would retain several of the client’s and Ayshford Sansome’s original aspirations for natural ventilation, even though the design of the building meant certain areas couldn’t benefit from it.
Architects were able to specify three different Monodraught technologies – the Windcatcher systems, which are proven top-down natural ventilation systems and the latest Cool-Phase low-energy cooling and ventilation system. This
“It’s all part of the ongoing efforts to ensure Middlesbrough College students are work ready. Construction students will not only gain the skills they need but will gain experience of working on a fully functional site, something employers tell us they need.”
The site will offer students a real opportunity to train in ground works, landscaping, brickwork, plastering, rendering, plumbing, joinery and electrical skills.
In addition to traditional skills, Middlesbrough College Construction students will also be trained in renewable energies and sustainable building methods, including solar panels and high grade low carbon insulation materials.
Steven Conn, Construction Director with Esh Construction, said: “At Esh Construction we know how useful it is for young people to have practical experience as well as good qualifications and this is a great solution. We’re really delighted to be part of this project.”
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innovative technology reduces energy consumption in buildings by up to 90% compared to conventional cooling systems, whilst creating a fresh and healthy indoor environment. The Monodraught systems were ideal because the combination of technologies helped meet the building’s original brief: firstly by demonstrating three building services to the students using the training facilities; secondly by providing a mix of services in different areas; and thirdly by showing that sustainable objectives can be achieved in different ways in different environments and at different temperatures experienced throughout the year. And a final note: now opened and occupied for six months, the new Basildon college building has recently achieved a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating.
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March 2013
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