{"id":129384,"date":"2023-07-05T10:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=129384"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:32:49","slug":"pick-everard-completes-286m-hmp-fosse-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/pick-everard-completes-286m-hmp-fosse-way\/129384\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick Everard completes new \u00a3286m prison HMP Fosse Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>HMP Fosse Way, a new category C resettlement prison in Leicester, brings 1,715 additional prison places with an additional cell block and building extension<\/h2>\n<p>HMP Fosse Way sits across a 16-acre site and will gain an additional cell block and ancillary building extension after gaining approval from Blaby District Council and Oadby and Wigston Borough Council last December.<\/p>\n<p>The prison will deliver over 600 jobs to the local community and focuses on reducing rates of reoffending through prisoner rehabilitation, skills-based training and employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners have access to a central services hub, which includes a gym, library, educational classrooms, faith halls, as well as workshops and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/how-willmott-dixon-interiors-is-creating-greener-community-spaces\/116409\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">external horticultural areas<\/a>, with the potential for prison operators Serco to work closely with local employers to deliver on-the-job training opportunities.<\/p>\n<h3>Pick Everard worked closely with Serco and the Ministry of Justice<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickeverard.co.uk\/expertise\/sectors\/custodial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick Everard<\/a> led design on the project, providing\u00a0architecture, interior design, civil engineering, building engineering, sustainability and energy, structural engineering, landscape architecture and interior design services.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Irons, operations director at Pick Everard, said: \u201cThis is a multi-purpose, free-flow prison, that has been closely modelled on our baseline design of HMP Five Wells and will continue to be the blueprint for a further four new build prisons under the MoJ estate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been planned to promote supervised interaction between prisoners, as well as several initiatives that allow them to gain new skills that will boost employment opportunities upon their release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainability and wellbeing principles have shaped HMP Fosse Way&#8217;s design<\/h3>\n<p>Offsite construction was used to reduce the delivery timeline and operational costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interior design has been closely considered, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/biophilic-design\/86114\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applying biophilic<\/a> and salutogenic principles to support wellbeing and strengthen the identity of each space.&#8221; Tim continued.<\/p>\n<p>Air sourced heating powers elements within the northern compound, while solar panels have been installed on ancillary buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Tim added: \u201cOur focus was on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/how-decarbonisation-can-help-estates-meet-sustainability-goals\/122181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reducing operational energy demand<\/a>, with a design that moved away from direct fossil fuel energy sources to clean, onsite renewable generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese principles directly support net zero objectives and builds on our identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/decarbonise-uk-public-buildings-five-times-faster-reach-net-zero-targets-report-warns\/122910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon reduction plan<\/a> that will be carried forth throughout the MoJ prison programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>HMP Fosse Way has been built on the old HMP Glen Parva site<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It is a modern, sustainable custodial estate, working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/bre-opens-consultation-net-zero-breeam-v7-update\/127040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BREEAM excellent standards<\/a>, which, following its planned extension, will become one of the biggest prisons operating in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud to deliver this exciting vision, which continues our long-standing relationship with the MoJ and the wider justice sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Work on the planned extension is expected to commence in August, with the project currently at RIBA Stage 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HMP Fosse Way, a new category C resettlement prison in Leicester, brings 1,715 additional prison places with an additional cell block and building extension. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[277,579],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-129384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-projects","7":"tag-built-environment","8":"tag-infrastructure"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pick Everard completes new \u00a3286m prison HMP Fosse Way<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HMP Fosse Way, a new category C resettlement prison in Leicester, brings 1,715 additional prison places with an extension and new cell block\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/pick-everard-completes-286m-hmp-fosse-way\/129384\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pick Everard completes new \u00a3286m prison HMP Fosse Way\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HMP Fosse Way, a new category C resettlement prison in Leicester, brings 1,715 additional prison places with an extension and new cell block\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/pick-everard-completes-286m-hmp-fosse-way\/129384\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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