Morgan Sindall chosen for £18.5 million Lowestoft Sixth Form College scheme

Morgan Sindall Group plc’s construction, infrastructure and design business Morgan Sindall has been selected by Suffolk County Council for an £18.5 million contract to design and build East Anglia’s first purpose-built sixth form college in Lowestoft.

Morgan Sindall will construct the new Lowestoft Sixth Form College at the Lowestoft College campus in St Peter’s Street. The state-of-the-art facility will accommodate around 950 pupils and will replace the existing sixth forms at three high schools in the town.

The four-storey building will house a large performing arts space, specialist teaching facilities equipped with the latest information technology systems, and learning pods suspended from a central atrium. Morgan Sindall will also create new car parking facilities and carry out additional landscaping works.

The new sixth form building will achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ and will incorporate a number of sustainable features including high levels of insulation, rainwater harvesting and photovoltaic technology which converts sunlight to energy. In addition, Morgan Sindall will create a series of concrete ducts beneath the building to supplement its heating supply with natural thermal energy from the earth’s core.

The project is due to be completed in August 2011.