Royston lifelong learning centre opened it’s doors on 15th September 2008, following the fit out of the library. Some fit out works are still being carried out to the first floor learning areas, but the library and CIS are being well used by the local community. This is one of the last projects to be developed by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough council inconjunction with the European Objective 1 funding.

Week 40 of the programme, due for completion in June 2008. Scaffold down the photograph shows the rear of the building. This will be the main staff and out of hours entrance. The galvanised pipes running parallel up the gable end are the supply and air extract for the fuel to the biomass bolier. The pellets are pumped upto the hopper room on the first floor, and then gravity feed the boiler on the ground floor.
 

Photograph shows a sample of the palette of materials utilised at Royston, Sandtoft interlocking clay Cassius tiles, Weber  Pral H system through coloured render and Finforest thermowood.

Photograph shows the first floor main corridor. The natural light is being provided through the Xtralite triple skin barrel vault skylights.

Photograph shows the CellWeb Tree Root Protection System,  This was a requirement of the planning approval from the Arbicultural officer for protecting the trees roots during the excavations for the new drainage. It is permeable and can offer a permenant ‘no dig’ solution for new access roads, however in this case it is providing temporary protection for the duration of the works.

Wk 31 of the programme, completion set for June 2008. This view of the rear gable shows the pre treated Thermowood battens and cladding from Finn Forest, being fixed inplace. It is expected the timber will fade slightly, but should not lose as much of its original colour as Cedar for instance. Areas of this cladding have been treated for spread of flame, due to the proximity of adjacent (mostly glazed) squash courts. We have resisted the urge to infill the panels with render for the mock Tudor look.

A view from the main staircase across the first floor. Eventually internal partitioning will obscure this view, but we can see the insulation inplace across the entire floor, prior to the Under floor heating pipes being laid.

Ryan Meadows and Joe Stenson, P+HS’s very own little and large, visit site.  This was Joe’s first site visit with P+HS, where as Ryan was dragged out to answer for some of his handy work.

Wk 26 of the Contract and work is being completed to the flat roofs and purlins, prior to the kingspan panels arrival on site. The facing brick is nearly complete, with blockwork continuing from first floor to eaves, this will provide a substrate for the timber cladding to the first floor.

The formwork for the central flat roof at Royston. to the centre are the upstands which will eventually support the Xtralite triple skin barrel vault skylights.

The formwork for the cast in-situ hopper room at Royston, which will gravity feed the biomass boiler on the ground floor below. The fuel are pellets which are pumped up from ground level from the delivery truck via a 300mm dia pipe that runs up the outside of the building

One Royston site workers innovative approach to reduce his and his mates Carbon footprint by car sharing.

Wk 13 the Steel frame is nearly complete. The positioning and some aspects of the design have had to be carried over from the original planning application prior to our envolvment. The Rotunda shown below here will eventually house the IT learning facilities as a part of the main Library.

Work continues on the Royston Lifelong learning centre near Barnsley. Week 10 and the steel work is progressing on site. Shown are the front two entrance bays.