{"id":96293,"date":"2021-07-16T09:01:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=96293"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:01:28","slug":"morgan-sindall-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/morgan-sindall-primary-school\/96293\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Sindall hands over new \u00a310.2m primary school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Morgan Sindall has completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rctcbc.gov.uk\/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhondda Cynon Taf<\/a>\u2019s new \u00a310.2m Hirwaun Primary School, marking a new era for the staff and pupils<\/h2>\n<p>Morgan Sindall completed work on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/modular-education-buildings\/94440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">school building<\/a> last November, allowing pupils and staff to move in.<\/p>\n<p>Construction began on the school in September 2019, with the project handing over on time, despite disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. All building work was carried out in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/v5-site-operating-procedures\/78465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidelines set out<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Construction Leadership Council<\/a> (CLC).<\/p>\n<p>Located on Glanant Street, the site team has demolished the old school structures and created two Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs), a grass sports field, bike storage, and a car park.<\/p>\n<p>They have also created a large wildlife area that will be used as a teaching space to help children to interact with nature.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"59i9r\">The new\u00a0Hirwaun Primary School\u00a0was commissioned by\u00a0Rhondda Cynon Taf Council (RCT) to replace the existing school\u2019s ageing facilities.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"59i9r\">The new building now supports 210 vital additional school and nursery spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It has the capacity to extend to accommodate double that number to meet future demand.<\/p>\n<p>The project was procured through the third-iteration of the four-year, \u00a31bn <a href=\"https:\/\/sewscap.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South East and Mid Wales Collaborative Construction Framework (SEWSCAP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Sindall Construction was appointed to all four lots it tendered for on the framework in 2019, having successfully delivered projects through SEWSCAP since its first iteration in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme was jointly funded by RCT Council and Welsh Government through their 21st Century Schools and Colleges programme.<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainable construction<\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"e0olq\">100% of environmental waste generated during construction was diverted from landfill, and the new build has been rated \u2018Excellent\u2019 by the sustainability assessment method, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breeam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BREEAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its environmentally friendly design, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/solar-panels-schools-england\/95864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PV-solar panels<\/a> have been installed on the school\u2019s roof. In addition, a storage tank has been installed underground for green-water harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>This can store up to 50,000 litres of rainwater and is being used as a sustainable drainage option for the school\u2019s toilets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Sindall has completed Rhondda Cynon Taf\u2019s new \u00a310.2m Hirwaun Primary School, marking a new era for the staff and pupils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[304],"tags":[594,997,3649,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-design","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"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>Morgan Sindall hands over new \u00a310.2m primary school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Morgan Sindall has completed Rhondda Cynon Taf\u2019s new \u00a310.2m Hirwaun Primary School, marking a new era for the staff and pupils\" \/>\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\/planning-construction-news\/morgan-sindall-primary-school\/96293\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morgan Sindall hands over new \u00a310.2m primary school\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Morgan Sindall has completed Rhondda Cynon Taf\u2019s new \u00a310.2m Hirwaun Primary School, marking a new era for the staff and pupils\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/morgan-sindall-primary-school\/96293\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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