Dome Project Management

Project Overview

Promotion House, as its currently named, was purchased by New College Durham as part of their ever-growing portfolio of high-quality teaching and learning spaces. The unit required significant refurbishment to all major building elements, including asbestos removal, mechanical & electrical installations, façade improvements and a full internal refurbishment. The project set out to transform a dated, unusable space into a specialised teaching facility for trade subjects. Upon completion the building will house teaching rooms, breakout areas, changing facilities and a large multi-use practical area for trade subjects. A newly designed joisted floor will create a mezzanine area for housing new mechanical and ventilation equipment. The existing building envelope will be stripped down to expose the current portal frame, which will then be fire protected and reclad with new Kingspan composite cladding. Internally, partitions will be constructed to form the above-mentioned classrooms, breakout spaces, and practical areas.

New College Durham, who currently rank among the UK’s top colleges, have a passion for building close working relationships with employers ensuring their students develop the crucial knowledge, skills and behaviours that are needed to gain employment. The College are also aware the UK’s current skill shortage with regards to ‘trade’ subjects, where there are currently over 80,000 job vacancies in construction trades overall. The overarching vision of the refurbishment is underpinned by NCD’s passion for providing skills and knowledge. Turning an unused warehouse unit into a local Construction Centre of Excellence is a testament to their investment in young people and the UK’s wider economy.