Denne awarded 15million pound contract at University of East London

Denne has been awarded the contract to build a £15 million sports complex at the University of East London in Newham. The scheme includes two full size sports halls and an all weather flood-lit pitch, as well as a facilities building connected to the sports halls.

When complete, the new facilities will include lecture and teaching rooms, changing facilities, aerobic studios, a health and fitness suite, gymnasium and main auditorium, all of which are fully compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act and Sport England recommendations. Externally the contract includes hard and soft landscaping with seating and performance areas.

Graham Brown, Managing Director, Denne, said: “Denne is delighted to be undertaking this project, to provide the University of East London with first class sporting facilities.”

With a target set for renewables of 20%, the buildings have been designed with sustainability in mind and include green roofs, photovoltaic cells for solar energy production and a biomass boiler for heating.  As the work has already commenced on site, all of the waste from the ground works has been recycled for use on the site so that it has not been necessary for any lorry movements to take waste away.

The site, which historically was part of the Royal Albert Dock, has been subject to various site surveys, including ecological and archaeological examinations and even a search for unexploded bombs.

When complete the facilities at UEL’s Docklands Campus will be available for university staff and students, as well as the local community.