Morgan Sindall wins major Swansea project

Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed by Swansea Council to bring forward a new £11.5m home for Tirdeunaw Primary School.The current building has capacity for 420 primary school students and 60 for nursery. Once complete, the new build will have capacity for 105 new primary and 15 nursery school places, as well as a flying start centre with day care facilities.A socially-distanced turf cutting ceremony was held to mark the start of work with council leader, Cllr Rob Stewart, in attendance along with Cllr Jen Raynor, cabinet member for education, and headteacher, Jackie James.YGG Tirdeunaw is currently situated near to the former Daniel James secondary school site on Heol Ddu road. Plans will see the school relocated a mile away and the new building constructed on land at YGG Bryntawe comprehensive school in Penlan.Designs by architect, Powell Dobson, outline a 33,712 sq ft building spread across two storeys. Inside will be 21 new classrooms, 18 of which will be for pupils aged reception to KS2 while the remaining three will be for nursery and flying start pupils.In addition, there will be more suitable flexible learning resource space providing learning materials for the pupils, as well as a SEN room for children with special educational needs. There will also be small breakout areas for teaching outside of the classroom space.External amenities include two grass pitches and a multi-use games area together with dedicated tarmac play areas with small areas of rubber crumb for younger pupils. Cycle storage facilities will be installed, alongside a new car park comprising 63 parking spaces, complete with dedicated disabled and visitor bays.Funding for the project has come from both Swansea Council and the Welsh Government under the latter’s 21st Century Schools and Colleges Programme, which is aimed at meeting the growing demand for Welsh medium education.Morgan Sindall Construction was commissioned to the scheme through the current iteration of the South East and Mid Wales Collaborative Construction Framework (SEWSCAP).Work on the project is scheduled to complete in late 2021.