Client: MBC Contract Period: 126 weeks Architect: Aedas Oldham Academies Value: £69m Contract Form: Partnerships for Schools, D&B, Lump Sum

Oasis Oldham

Waterhead Academy

The Oldham academies chain. They manage the Examples include the on-going Supporting local businesses The schemes also supported A diverse sports offer was programme is an ambitious balance between use of local help which we provided was a primary aim of the many trade apprentices, and also incorporated across all £69m project to transform the companies and the pursuit of to the Oldham Boxing and programme, to achieve this work experience placements the schemes to promote education offer in the borough value for money very well.” Personal Development Centre we have worked closely with provided pupils with inclusion through sports and enhance community Cath Inchbold, BSF / in its quest to develop a the ‘Oldham Council Economy development opportunities in within the community, cohesion. Willmott Dixon were Academies Project Director, new home in the centre of Places and Skills Directorate’ professions such as Graphic facilities include a specialist chosen to design and build 3 Oldham Council Oldham. We also provided and the ‘Oldham and Rochdale Design, Quantity Surveying sports pavilion, flood lit new academies following a a new roof structure for the Construction networking and Structural and Civil 3G pitch, running tracks, competitive process. Community engagement BBC programme ‘DIY SOS’ in group’. This has helped us Engineering. MUGAs a traversing wall and was identified as having an Failsworth and we attended spend £28.1m of the budget BMX pump track. In addition to the complex important role to play in 10 local events where we within the borough of Oldham Sustainability and reducing technical challenges posed by supporting the schemes aims gave young people an insight and £55m has been spent environmental impact the various sites, supporting and objectives. From the into opportunities in the within . are important elements the local economy was a key outset we adopted a rigorously construction industry. of this programme; 2 of driver. planned and well managed The training and development the academies are rated approach to stakeholder “Working with Willmott Dixon of young people was also BREEAM Excellent and specific “Willmott Dixon are genuinely engagement. We were able to has given me an opportunity supported: As a direct result sustainable features such committed to local economic contribute to the community to give something back to the of these projects we recruited as wind turbines, rain water benefit and were prepared in a number of different ways. school that invested so much and continued to support harvesting, photovoltaic to sign up to voluntary Sixteen of our staff live in time in me” Sajid Mahmood, 3 management trainees all panels and air source heating targets for local employment Oldham therefore we are in Building Manager, Former whom are doing part-time have also been incorporated. and local companies within a unique position and clearly pupil of Breeze Hill now degree courses at Salford their construction supply understand the local issues. University.

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