Campus Redevelopment

Carlisle College has completed phase 2 of its Campus Redevelopment transforming into an innovative high-tech sustainable learning environment, with support from the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and Cumbria County Council (CCC).

The College now boasts a world-class campus for innovative teaching and learning for the 21st century.

The College launched a modernising programme in 2005 supported by LSC which has resulted in an environment that Carlisle and Cumbria can be proud of.

The campus re-development features a brand new purpose-build building that will boast the following facilities:

• Industry standard Hair, Beauty and Holistic Salons

• Health and Social Care

• Childcare

• Bespoke LLDD facilities to support independence

• Gallery space

• Training Restaurant

• Pilot Concept Classrooms

• Student Services

The sections of the college are joined through an open plan atrium that will house new kitchen and restaurant facility for students to learn hospitality skills. Salon and college reception, student services and other communal areas that form the  heart of the college.

The new facilities combined with the retained buildings A and D * will provide the College with 13,500 sqm of accommodation and an improved external landscaped area not currently enjoyed by the College

The new building aims to achieve a minimum BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Very Good rating

In addition the new building will:

• Be pressured tested to minimise uncontrolled air infiltration

• Heat recovery will be used wherever possible

• Use low energy lighting where appropriate

• Daylight linked occupancy sensors will be used to control lighting

• An automatic building management control system will be installed and integrated with the existing building A *   

• The landscape and drainage proposals for the car park areas will include permeable paving allowing water to penetrate into the substrata. Existing planting will be strengthened to encourage biodiversity.

*Click here to view buildings A and D

Man9: Publication of Building Information

Steps taken during construction process to reduce Environmental impacts:

• Arboculturist visits site to monitor our tree root protection.
• Bat protection - 2 bat boxes to be installed - Ecological survey
• Boot cleaners introduced.
• Car Sharing Scheme
• Contribution to local cycling footpath update (25k)
• Dust Suppression
• Environmental audits.
• Every 4 months residents meetings are held
• FSC Timber
• Kier have initiated a tree planting scheme in Cumbria
• Lighting Pollution minimised – lights facing downwards.
• Litter Picking inside & outside of boundary weekly & road sweeping weekly
• Live 24/7 site watching.
• Local Materials, local labour employed where skill exists.
• Local resident letter are issued prior to any works commencing
• Mini buses used by sub-contractors - Ameon & M&W Wilson
• No unloading deliveries on public highway
• Noise Monitoring ongoing
• Office Energy Monitoring
• Promoting Cycling to Work Scheme.
• Rain Water Harvesting storage pipes/sealed Manholes.
• Recycling of demolition works on site (concrete & Brick) 2700m
• Restrictions to site deliveries
• surplus plasterboard shredded & recycled
• Traffic Management Plan
• Waste Management Plan
• WRAP procedures for general waste