School wins accolades for its cutting-edge design
A NEWLY constructed school in west Wales has won two leading national awards in quick succession.
Ysgol Bae Baglan won the Building Project of the Year award at the 2017 Constructing Excellence Awards, just a week after being awarded the Best Educational Building title at the 2017 LABC Building Excellence Awards.
The project also won the Gold Medal for Architecture at this summer’s National Eisteddfod of Wales.
The build was delivered on time and on budget by Bouygues UK to clients Neath Port Talbot Council.
Bouygues UK worked alongside many local businesses on the £40m development and helped realise the council’s vision for a 21st-century, state-of-the-art community school.
Rob Bradley, managing director at Bouygues UK, said: “The project was complex and challenging; however, working with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and its partners, we were pleased to be able to complete three weeks early.”
Bouygues UK is also the main building contractor for two new major school projects in the county borough, Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Dur and Ysgol Newydd Margam.
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Dur, a Welshmedium school for pupils aged 11-16, is being built on the site of the former Sandfields Comprehensive and Traethmelyn Primary schools. The £19.3m investment will provide Welsh-medium secondary education in the south of the county borough. Ysgol Newydd Margam, a £30m allthrough school for ages three to 16, is being built on the current Dyffryn Upper School/Groes Primary site.
The projects are jointly funded by Neath Port Talbot Council and the Welsh Government as part of its 21st Century Schools programme.