Creating places and transforming environments - together
Market Rasen Leisure Centre, Lincolnshire | £4.9mWest Lindsay District Council
Design and construction of a brand new leisure centre with four court sports hall, gym, café, changing facilities and a full size 3G pitch.
The 18,300 sq ft facility was designed closely with Everyone Active focusing on generous glazing for natural lighting as well as material palette that considers and compliments the natural surroundings.
During the build, almost £1.1 million of social value investment was delivered back into the local community through educational engagement, community projects and local employment. Since opening, the centre, which is the first of its kind locally, saw a 394% growth in users.
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This is a fantastic facility. The place has that feel of a top quality, high-end finish. It’s been really popular and something the community simply hasn’t had before. We’ve had overwhelming support here because the community have wanted and the authority has really listened.
On time and budget
9/10 satisfaction
£1.1m social value
40/50 CCS score
100% SME spend
50% local spend
100% waste diversion
18,300 sq ft facility
52 week duration
Completed May 2020
Highfields Spencer Academy, Derby | £5.3mDerby City Council
Highfields Spencer Academy involved the design and construction of a new primary school in just 40 weeks.
Designed by Lungfish Architects and using modular construction techniques, the school now serves a brand new housing community in Derbyshire and was delivered on time, in budget, through the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring pupils were able to move in ready for the new school term.
In order to help the community and school feel a part of the build process, drone tours were set up throughout construction so that stakeholders could keep in touch with the project remotely.
The team also held an event at the local job centre and as a result helped eight people secure employment.
Highfields is a magic place already, the building is beautiful. The education design is so well considered and the space lends itself to be such a positive space. It had a great team and they did everything possible to make sure I was involved. We're so proud of it here.
£1.5m social value
43/45 CCS score
87% SME spend
44% local spend
95% waste diversion
ZERO accidents
40 week duration
Completed July 2020
Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent | £5.4mStoke-on-Trent City Council
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery extension project was borne from a desire to celebrate the restoration of a MK XVI Spitfire.
Gifted to the city in 1972 to commemorate the birth place of RJ Mitchell (the Spitfire designer), the fully restored Spitfire now sits in a 3,800 square foot purpose built extension with specialist structural glazing.
In addition, the team also delivered a comprehensive extension of the 4,200 square foot café to create a fresh experience for visitors.
Working through the pandemic, and overcoming unmapped services challenges, the team delivered on time and in budget, whilst deliver £950k in social value to the local area.
Our heritage-led regeneration is creating a quality environment where visitors, residents and people working here can come and spend time in amazing spaces. It’s changing the landscape of Stoke-on-Trent for the better, providing a massive lift for the area.
£1m social value
40% local labour
31% local spend
Completed August 2021
Swansgate Car Park, Wellingborough | £5.3mBorough Council of Wellingborough
Delivered two weeks early, the complex overhaul of Swansgate car park has revitalised this structure for many years to come.
As well as adding more than 200 spaces to accommodate local shoppers, the team contributed £2.75 million in social value investment and volunteered 100 hours to community projects.
Repairs were carefully planned around 2,000 concrete failure points, with 28,500 sacrificial zinc anodes were installed along with the application of FerroGard corrosion inhibitor to mitigate future rebar corrosion and extend the life of the car park.
Not only now structurally sound, but with the benefit of new CCTV the car park provides a much safer and cleaner experience for users.
A much cleaner, safer and more attractive place to park. I'd like to put on record my admiration for the way this project has been managed from start to finish during what has been a difficult time for each and every one of us.
Two weeks early
Within budget
10/10 satisfaction
£2.75m social value
42/45 CCS score
29% local spend
60% local labour
100 volunteer hours
Completed Jan 2021
Hackwood Primary School, Derby | £5m Derby City Council
Funded through a Section 106 agreement, Hackwood Primary School is a beautifully designed, colourful and spacious learning environment for local children. It has also been designed to allow for future demand, using innovative ‘expandable’ units able to accommodate a roll of up to 315.
Designed by Lungfish Architects, the project progressed from planning to handover in less than a year thanks to the efficiency afforded by innovative MMC methods, and collaboration between stakeholders.
To date, the project has been the most high-profile modular build delivered through the SCAPE framework. So much so, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) held a seminar on modular construction at the site, highlighting the scheme as an leading example.
The team were great, very professional and always found solutions. It was definitely good collaborative working. I was dubious about the modular solution, but the finish is as good as any school I’ve ever been to.
£1.34m social value
45/45 CCS score
84% local labour
94% waste diversion
Off-site fabrication
37 week duration
Completed August 2019
Rosecliffe Spencer Academy, Nottingham | £7.9mNottinghamshire County Council
It is excellent that the new school is ready ahead of schedule. One of our key priorities is that every child should attend a good or outstanding school, and I am confident that the Trust can help us achieve that, giving primary school children the best possible education.
Early delivery
£3.7m social value
100% waste diverted
60 hours and £4,000 donated to community
21,500 sq ft site
55 week duration
Completed May 2021
Delivered seven weeks ahead of schedule, in budget and scoring 10/10 for customer satisfaction, Rosecliffe Spencer Academy is an inspiring place to learn.
Designed and project managed by Arc Partnership, a joint venture between Nottinghamshire County Council and SCAPE, the 55 week project, the 55 week project involved the delivery of a new 315 place school and a 26 place nursery. The school has also been designed to allow for future expansion, taking the total number of pupils up to 420.
Challenges with acquisition of the site require the project to be completed in phases. A temporary modular learning village was therefore constructed alongside the main school for the children to continue their learning on site while the new school was constructed.
Castleward Primary School, Derby | £7.6mDerby City Council
The addition of 1,000 new houses in the city of Derby resulted in the construction of Castleward Primary School. Able to accommodate up to 315 pupils and 39 nursery children, the two storey school features 12 spacious classrooms, several ancillary facilities, a multi-purpose games facility and a clever rooftop play area.
Built on a former brownfield site - almost half the size usually required for a school - an innovative and collaborative approach was required during the pre-construction and build phases with all the stakeholders and designers, Lungfish Architects.
The site team were also keen to connect with the local community, helping generate £3 million of social value, which included local labour and 48% SME spend.
Its state-of-the-art design features, such as the flexible use of space, the innovative outdoor play area and the security of a sprinkler system offer a superb environment for learning. The school will be vital in transforming the regeneration of an inner-city area into a thriving community.
£3m social value
82% local labour
48% SME spend
58 week duration
Darby Close, Wellingborough | £4mNorthamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime
“The design for this landmark shared building will help us to achieve our vision of enabling our Police and Fire & Rescue services to work more closely together to deliver strong, joined up support to the frontline of both organisations.
100% on time
100% within budget
95% diverted from landfill
3 apprenticeships created
76,500 sq ft site
£713,000 Social Value
100% fair payment (<19d)
24 week duration
Completed March 2021
Working in close partnership with our sister fit-out company, Overbury, a former office building was refurbished to accommodate Northamptonshire’s fire, rescue and police business service departments for the first time. The two-storey building now accommodates 500 staff across all three organisations, including its IT, finance, estates, facilities and HR departments.
Reflecting the diversity of each department’s working styles, the large open-plan ground floor consists of long bench tables, hot-desking areas, conference rooms and a communal refreshment point. Intimate working areas have been provided on the first floor though smaller meeting rooms and focus pods. Other services include a reception, wellbeing rooms, a gym, and casual break-out zones.
Ravensdale Infant & Nursery, Derby | £6.9mDerby City Council
This is a joyous milestone for all staff and pupils at the school and I am pleased to see the school rebuilt to the highest standards, on budget and on time. This has been possible because of excellent partnership working of all the stakeholders.
100% defect free
10/10 client satisfaction
£1.6m Social Value
MMC utilised
45 week duration
Completed June 2022
In 2020, Ravensdale Infant and Nursery School was the victim of a devastating arson attack that left its structure and contents in ruin. Overnight, 296 children found themselves without their school, just weeks after returning from lockdown.
A decision was made to temporarily place all of the pupils into a number of local schools – including three new schools recently built by Morgan Sindall. A Temporary Learning Village for the youngest children relieved further pressure on the local school network.
In order to allow the children to return as quickly as possible, a modular solution was provided by Lungfish Architects which helped the school reopen just 596 days after the fire. As well as finishing on time and within budget, the school also received a client satisfaction score of 10/10.
Bingham Primary School, Derby | £6.3mNottinghamshire County Council
It has been a hugely exciting and rewarding experience working with all the stakeholders on the Bingham Primary School project. The building’s eco-credentials are important to us, aligning well to our aspiration to teach and encourage our pupils to become global citizens of the future.
£2.3m social value
The delivery of the 210-place primary and 26-place nursery finished both on time and within budget. Designed and project managed by Arc Partnership, the one-storey 1,405 sq. ft school features seven classrooms, a multi-use games area (MUGA), playground and a new hall, doubling up a dining and indoor sports hall.
The building will be highly self-efficient with air source heat pumps, high-efficiency lighting and two electric vehicle charging stations. The school has also been designed to allow for future expansion if required, taking the total number of pupils up to 315.
Leaving a community legacy Morgan Sindall carried out improvements to the local football and cricket clubhouses at their own cost.
Oak Grange Primary School, Snelsmoor | £9mDerby City Council
The whole project has been completed within the last year thanks to the hard work of the council, Morgan Sindall and the school’s head teacher. The end result is simply stunning with each classroom now transformed into an enchanting and exciting learning environment for the children.
315-place primary and 39-place nursery school
On time & within budget
30.3% Social Value
100% local labour (<40m)
83% local spend (<40m)
45/45 (+2) CCS score
23/23 CLOCs score
70 tonnes of carbon saved
97.9% waste diversion
53-week duration
Completed August 2023
With 1,000 new homes being built in Snelsmoor, Oak Grange Primary School has provided vital class spaces for the local community. Designed by Lungfish Architects to be in keeping with its agricultural surroundings, the school features three distinctive ‘gable barn’ elevations, using popular rural materials including timber cladding and metalwork, commonly seen in the local area. The project not only completed on time and within budget, but also achieved a 10/10 satisfaction score. The project team engaged with local businesses, with 100% of site labour sourced within 40 miles of the build. The project achieved a Social Value return of 30.3%, ensuring more than £2.7m was reinvested within the local area. For responsible and respectful delivery the project team received a maximum Considerate Contractor score of 45/45.
