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BAM scores with Sunderland College facilities

18 Mar 13 BAM Construction has been awarded an £11m contract to improve sports and arts facilities at Sunderland College.

The contractor will demolish several buildings at the college’s Bede Campus and build a new sports centre and a new arts building.

The three-storey, 1,205-square-metre sports centre will include a four-court sports hall, a weights room, a sports science laboratory, classrooms and changing facilities.

Also on three storeys, the visual and performing arts building will provide a performance hall; dance and drama studios; music, photography and media classrooms; recording studios; and art facilities.

Both new buildings are targeting BREEAM Very Good ratings. Sustainability features include orientation to maximise natural light, locally sourced materials, photovoltaic panels, air source heat pumps and some natural ventilation.

Works will also include providing landscaped courts, widening a road, resurfacing part of the car park, creating a new footpath, and relocating refuse facilities.

The arts building will be clad in coloured rain screen boards, with Reglit glass cladding to allow diffuse daylight into the dance and drama studios. Activity from within will appear as shadows on the exterior.

Work is due to start on site in April 2013 and be completed by August 2014.

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