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Bridgend College is relocating from its current Cowbridge Road Campus to a former police station and multi-storey car park site at Cheapside, in the town centre Bridgend.
The 13,000 sqm development is designed by Rio Architects to be 鈥榥et zero in operation鈥� when it is completed in the summer of 2026.
Willmott Dixon was procured for the 拢60m project through the SEWSCAP 3 framework.
Facilities across the two new buildings will include a 200-seat theatre, hair and beauty salons, recording and dance studios, design workshops, meeting spaces and more.
Willmott Dixon regional managing director Neal Stephens said his company has a strong presence in south Wales following its work on the Police Learning Centre in Bridgend three years ago.
鈥淛ust like then, our focus will be on supporting the 鈥榣ocal pound鈥� by using regional supply chain partners where possible and working with students at Bridgend College to support their own learning journeys,鈥� he said.
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