Willmott Dixon has installed the last external piece of a new carbon-efficient leisure centre building in Nottinghamshire.

The construction firm was awarded the £16 million project earlier this year, courtesy of part funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to develop Bingham Arena and Enterprise Centre in Nottinghamshire on behalf Rushcliffe Borough Council.

Willmott Dixon and other partners of the project joined with the council on Friday 10 December to see council leader, Simon Robinson, lay the final part in the fabric of the new two-storey leisure centre building.

This part of the site is now ready for a carbon efficient plant to be installed in the new year, which will then power its 25-metre, six-lane swimming pool with spectator seating and teaching pool.

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The overall development will reduce carbon emissions by 78% compared to other leisure centres in the borough and by 82% for similar office developments.

Nick Heath, director of delivery at Willmott Dixon, said: "I'm delighted to announce the next milestone in this important project. This marks a significant moment for this development, which will use state-of-the-art technology to help us meet our low carbon targets."

The firm's Energy Synergy service is being included in the project to address the performance gap. Information on how the building will be used can help to predict and model the operational energy for the buildings. This will account for regulated and unregulated energy to gain a more accurate prediction of the building's operational energy. This will therefore reduce the gap between predicted and actual energy use.

Once complete, the leisure centre will feature two swimming pools, a fitness gym, workout studios and adjacent community hall with staging and seating. The adjacent Bingham Enterprise Centre will provide 12 self-contained office lets for small and growing businesses over two floors that could create up to 90 jobs.