# South Essex College Centre for Digital Technologies. SFS design-and-build package. Basildon, Essex SS14. > Design-and-build steel framing systems (SFS) for Morgan Sindall at South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies in Basildon. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a design-and-build SFS package for main contractor Morgan Sindall at South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies, a three-storey digital-education campus in Basildon town centre. ![South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies at dusk, its folded pale cladding and full-height glazing at the building's leading corner](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-dusk-folded-pale-fallback.jpg) 01 · The Centre for Digital Technologies' folded elevation, its full-height glazing catching the evening light at the building's leading corner. Further education South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies, seen at its leading corner in Basildon town centre. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a design-and-build SFS package for main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction on this three-storey, roughly 3,200 square metre digital-education campus, completed in December 2020 and opened to students in 2021. ## At a glance - **Package**: SFS design-and-build package - **Main contractor**: Morgan Sindall Construction - **Architect**: Gibberd - **Location**: Basildon · Essex SS14 - **Completed**: December 2020 · opened 2021 The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a design-and-build SFS package for main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction at South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies, a three-storey, roughly 3,200 square metre digital-education campus on College Way in Basildon town centre. Subcontract, mobilisation and retention records support the team's involvement from SFS design through delivery and final account. The wider scheme, designed by Gibberd for South Essex College with Basildon Council, Essex County Council and Homes England, was completed in December 2020 and formally opened on 21 October 2021. [Part of: SFS and facade packages across the South East](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## 02 · The frame under construction, ahead of the team’s SFS package. ![The Centre for Digital Technologies' concrete and steel frame under construction, with a tower crane above and site cabins in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-frame-under-construction-fallback.jpg) Photo: Morgan Sindall Construction The Centre for Digital Technologies' concrete-and-steel frame under construction in Basildon town centre, photographed ahead of the SFS design-and-build package the team behind Dmitro Development delivered for main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction. ## 03 · The same corner of the building on completion, clad and glazed. ![The completed Centre for Digital Technologies exterior, its vertical ribbed cladding panels and full-height glazing at the entrance canopy](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-completed-centre-digital-technologies-exterior-vertical-fallback.jpg) The completed Centre for Digital Technologies, its elevations built off the SFS package the team behind Dmitro Development delivered as a design-and-build subcontractor for main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction. ## 04 · Open to as many as 500 students since 2021. The Centre for Digital Technologies teaches IT networking, programming and app development, cyber security, games design and animation, from a new civic square linking into Basildon town centre and the station. ![South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies at dusk, its illuminated entrance and signage lit against the twilight sky](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-dusk-illuminated-entrance-fallback.jpg) South Essex College's Centre for Digital Technologies at dusk, its illuminated entrance and signage facing the college's new civic square in Basildon. The campus provides specialist teaching space for IT networking, programming and app development, cyber security, games design and animation for up to 500 students. Delivery record ## A new campus at the heart of Basildon, delivered through Covid. Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction broke ground on the Centre for Digital Technologies on 21 June 2019, delivering the campus for client South Essex College through the Pagabo framework, with Basildon Council, Essex County Council and Homes England funding the scheme alongside the college. The team behind Dmitro Development was instructed on the SFS design-and-build package on 11 November 2019 and started on site on 25 November 2019, carrying the package through to a retention invoice dated 18 March 2020. The wider campus, designed by Gibberd, reached completion on 4 December 2020 and opened to students in 2021, with a formal opening on 21 October 2021. Morgan Sindall Construction reports it was delivered on time and within budget through the COVID-19 pandemic, scoring 10/10 across every measurable project KPI on the contract. - Project KPIs (Morgan Sindall, reported): 10/10 - Campus capacity: Up to 500 students - Gross internal area: ≈3,200 m² ## 05 · The elevation’s illuminated glazed bays, seen close at dusk. ![Close view of the Centre for Digital Technologies' illuminated vertical glazed bays at dusk, set within pale ribbed cladding panels](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-illuminated-vertical-glazed-fallback.jpg) The Centre for Digital Technologies' vertical glazed bays lit from within at dusk, set within the pale, ribbed cladding panels that clad the SFS frame the team behind Dmitro Development delivered for Morgan Sindall Construction. ## 06 · The full elevation at dusk, the college’s signage lit above the forecourt. ![The Centre for Digital Technologies' full elevation at dusk, south essex college signage lit above the forecourt railings](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-full-elevation-dusk-fallback.jpg) The Centre for Digital Technologies seen in full at dusk from the forecourt railings on College Way, its illuminated south essex college signage visible on the elevation above the entrance. ## 07 · Part of Basildon town centre's wider regeneration. Built on the former Market Square site beside the railway station and bus hub, the campus released South Essex College's earlier site for a proposed 725-home residential redevelopment. ![Aerial view of the Centre for Digital Technologies among the surrounding buildings of Basildon town centre](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-aerial-centre-digital-technologies-among-fallback.jpg) An aerial view of the completed Centre for Digital Technologies within Basildon town centre, built on the former Market Square site beside the railway station and bus interchange, part of the wider regeneration that released South Essex College's earlier site for a proposed 725-home residential redevelopment. ## The elevation, in every condition The cladding and glazing built off the team's SFS frame reads differently through Basildon's weather: wet tarmac under a grey sky on one side of the building, clear blue sky and the town's older buildings on the other. ![The Centre for Digital Technologies on a wet, overcast morning, its ground-floor glazing lit and a road marked SLOW in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-wet-overcast-morning-fallback.jpg) 08 · The building on a wet winter morning, its ground floor lit from within. The Centre for Digital Technologies on a wet winter morning in Basildon, its ground-floor glazing lit from inside and College Way marked with a SLOW road sign in the foreground. ![The Centre for Digital Technologies under a clear blue sky, the south essex college signage visible beside an older town-centre building](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-centre-digital-technologies-clear-blue-sky-fallback.jpg) 09 · The building under a clear sky, beside Basildon's older town-centre buildings. The Centre for Digital Technologies under a clear blue sky, its south essex college signage visible on the elevation beside one of the older buildings still standing in this part of Basildon town centre. ## Inside the finished campus The team's package was the SFS frame behind the elevation; the interior fit-out pictured here, from the atrium stair to the specialist teaching suites, was delivered by others on the wider Morgan Sindall contract, including Sharp (interior fit-out, AV and furniture) and Dacorum Contracts (drylining, suspended ceilings and acoustic rafts), and is shown only as context for the completed campus. ![The glazed atrium stair inside the Centre for Digital Technologies, rising through the building's three storeys under an exposed concrete soffit](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-glazed-atrium-stair-inside-centre-digital-fallback.jpg) 10 · The atrium stair, rising through the campus's three storeys. The atrium stair at the heart of the finished Centre for Digital Technologies, connecting the campus's three storeys under an exposed concrete soffit. Interior fit-out shown as context; the team's own package was the SFS frame behind the elevation. ![A student breakout space inside the Centre for Digital Technologies, with yellow furniture and enclosed pod seating for group work](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-student-breakout-space-inside-centre-digital-fallback.jpg) 11 · A student breakout space, with pod seating for group work. A student breakout and social space inside the finished Centre for Digital Technologies, with informal seating and enclosed pods for group work, overlooking the town centre. Interior fit-out shown as context; the team's own package was the SFS frame behind the elevation. ![A computer classroom inside the Centre for Digital Technologies, rows of desks and monitors set up for IT and networking teaching](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-computer-classroom-inside-centre-digital-technologies-fallback.jpg) 12 · A specialist teaching room, fitted out for networking and computing. A specialist IT and networking classroom inside the finished Centre for Digital Technologies, part of the facilities built for the college's networking, programming, cyber security, games design and animation courses. Interior fit-out shown as context; the team's own package was the SFS frame behind the elevation. ## 13 · The campus's acoustic ceiling baffles and breakout seating, overlooking the atrium stair. Interior fit-out shown as context, not the team's scope. ![Acoustic ceiling baffles and orange breakout seating inside the Centre for Digital Technologies, overlooking the atrium stair](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/south-essex-college-basildon/south-essex-college-basildon-acoustic-ceiling-baffles-orange-breakout-seating-fallback.jpg) Acoustic ceiling baffles and exposed services above orange breakout seating inside the finished Centre for Digital Technologies, part of the interior fit-out delivered by others on the wider Morgan Sindall contract and shown here as context for the completed campus rather than the team's own scope. ## South Essex College Centre for Digital Technologies, framed by the team. 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