Morgan Sindall Construction’s North East business has been selected by Middlesbrough College Group to complete a £1.4 million retrofit project.

The aim of the project is to increase its student capacity and course offering, following the recent development of a £12 million Engineering technical training centre, which Morgan Sindall completed in May.
The project sees the installation of two new workshops to optimise the available space within an existing building.
The workshops will have mezzanine floors to create a teaching space within the operational environment where students can remain in PPE.
The team will also include :
- Segregation walls to the motor vehicle workshops
- Acoustic upgrades to the library.
- A new classroom on the building’s first floor to increase teaching space by 150 per cent
Work began in summer and the project is scheduled to finish in November, with the college remaining open during construction.
Spaces within the college are being utilised by the team rather than creating a full site set-up with extra cabins, to save on transport, cost and fuel.
The team is also using a “Protec” closed loop system, which uses several key stages to best analyse, recycle and reuse protection materials.
Morgan Sindall’s previous scheme with Middlesbrough College involved the installation of a a new facility designed to train more than 300 full-time students, 300 apprentices and 500 adults a year across 3,000 sq m of space over two storeys.
Last month, Morgan Sindall Construction was appointed to deliver three specialist education needs (SEN) in the London borough of Brent.
Alex Isted, area director for Morgan Sindall Construction in the North East and Cumbria, said: “Creating opportunities to upskill the next generation of construction professionals is central to our ethos as a business, as such we’re really pleased to be onsite for this second project with Middlesbrough College.
“Expanding and redeveloping existing space into a new educational suite allows us to creatively and sustainably deliver high-quality facilities which will give young people the best learning opportunities.”
Zoe Lewis, principal and chief executive of Middlesbrough College Group, added: “We are delighted to be working with Morgan Sindall again who are supporting us to expand our practical working and teaching spaces for our students.
“We offer a significant suite of Construction programmes within the college and this additional space will allow us to train more young people in the key skills that will help them attain job roles within the region.”
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