Willmott Dixon commences at Sandwell integrated social care and health centre facility

The £11.7m scheme for Sandwell Council will see the creation of a three-storey facility that will provide supported independent living provision.A new integrated social care and health centre is to be built in Sandwell, West Midlands, as local contractor Willmott Dixon starts work on the site this month (December 2020).Procured via the Constructing West Midlands Framework, the £11.7m scheme for Sandwell Council will see the creation of a three-storey facility that will provide supported independent living provision. The integrated social care and health centre, which is being built in Harvest Road, Rowley Regis, will include 80 individual bedrooms and resident facilities such as a hairdressing salon, a physiotherapy facility, agile working spaces, locker rooms, large communal areas, kitchen space, laundry facilities, treatment rooms and resident lounges. Alongside the wide range of state-of-the-art amenities, the centre will also have features that will ensure accessibility to aid persons with disabilities throughout.The facility, which is also being designed by Sandwell Council, will make up part of their wider regeneration vision – ‘Sandwell Vision 2030’ and five-year business plan ‘Big plans for a great place’ – to create a healthier, more successful future for the people of Sandwell with community wealth at the heart of its mission.As part of its work to leave a lasting legacy on the communities it works within, Willmott Dixon will also be working in partnership with several local schools during this development.It is anticipated that the integrated social care and health centre facility will be complete by June 2022.Willmott Dixon is experienced in delivering schemes both within the industry and across the region. The contractor is currently working on-site locally to deliver expansion projects for the Langley Academy, the West Bromwich Collegiate Academy and the Birstnall Hall Academy. Willmott Dixon also recently completed on-site at the award-winning Winwood Heights extra-care facility in Nottingham.A fully OJEU compliant framework, Constructing West Midlands has a 16-year track record in the delivery of publicly funded projects. A member of the National Association of Construction Frameworks (NACF), it offers a unique level of framework flexibility to suit individual client requirements, includes robust KPIs and is committed to social value and the real living wage.