Kingsgate Park Sports Centre KP Brochure | Page 12

K I NG S G AT E PA R K K I N G S G AT E PA R K P RO J E C T P H A S E : 1 Support Departments First to be tackled in the Kingsgate Park Project plan will be Win Coll’s Support Departments’ buildings, which are mixed in among our teaching and sporting facilities. Currently housed in a 1990s warehouse-style building and converted squash courts, the Works Department, Grounds and Gardens Stores, Furniture Store and Laundry all need to make way for the proposed development. The relocation may be out of necessity but it’s not without attendant benefits, since it offers the opportunity to consolidate various facilities, thereby improving site efficiency. In addition to its current functions, the new centralised facility will include improved Waste and Recycling, a Central Purchasing Department and exciting new Energy Centre. Replicating the success of New Hall’s biomass boiler, there is the potential to develop a new district heating main that will serve buildings in the Southern Campus with renewable energy. Together with temporary buildings on Kingsgate Park, the vacated Works Department will provide an interim home for some of the sports facilities while the new Sports Centre is under construction. ~ 12 ~