Planning Approval for the Graham Solley Sports Development Centre

Planning permission for the development at Graham Solley Sports Development Centre was granted on Monday the 22nd October.

      

Sheffield City Council have approved a second planning permission on the site for a Pavilion,  Sports Hall and two Synthetic Grass Pitches.

The pavilion comprises of a  two storey building with 14 changing rooms on the ground floor and a Student Social Hub on the first floor offering 4 sided viewing balcony and 360 degree views onto the 8 sports pitches on site for cricket, football and rugby.

The proposed sports hall building comprises of multi-purpose 4 court sports hall, changing rooms , main entrance on the ground floor and a multi-purpose room and viewing gallery on the first floor. The new sports hall building will be linked to the existing sports hall on site on the ground and first floors.

Construction works will commence on site in January 2013 with a completion date set in September 2013.

University of Bradford Consultants’ Framework 2012 – 2015

Watson Batty Architects have been successfully appointed onto the University of Bradford Consultants’ Framework for a further 3 years. Initially appointed onto the framework in 2009, we have now been awarded a position on the latest framework which will run until 2015 with an option to extend the appointment for a further year. Our successful working relationship with the University has seen a number of high profiled projects being delivered on the City Centre Campus. Of note is Student Central, the £7m extension and refurbishment of the Students Union and Student Services building, and the £1m refurbishment of the ground floor JPB Library. We are now on site with Bradford STEM, currently assessed to BREEAM Outstanding and PassivHaus accreditation, possibly the first building to ever achieve both standards simultaneously. We are looking forward to working with the University in the next few years.

Leeds Bradford Airport Apron Walkway Almost Complete

Watson & Batty were commissioned to design an apron passenger walkway at Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBIA) in October 2012.

The walkway was to offer a covered access for passenger access & egress aircraft from gates 8 to 14 inclusive and totaled distance of 155 metres. To give full flexibility the structure has three aisles offering interchangeable access to both arriving & departing passengers to balance peak demand.

The structure is naturally vented & fully glazed for passenger comfort.Phase one & two of the project were completed in October 2012 with phase three due for completion at the end of 2012.