Construction firm Kier has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to redevelop Bournemouth & Poole College's (B&PC) Bournemouth campus, located in the Lansdowne area, which will serve a range of students from school leavers to adult learners.

This project will include a mixture of new build and refurbishment works. Five of the current buildings on site will be replaced by a single, high tech teaching facility. The remaining Grade II listed buildings on site, will be refurbished with façade and roof repairs and plant room upgrades.

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The new build facility will contain teaching space throughout, providing a modern teaching environment for courses in media, computing, sport, fitness, travel, health, social care, hair, beauty, hospitality and catering. It will also feature new amenities which will be made available for community use, including a restaurant, gym and salons. The new building will be net zero carbon in operation, in line with the DfE’s latest output specification requirements, and will incorporate air source heat pump technology and photovoltaic panels on the roof, making it thermally efficient.