Wales has gone to France this week to showcase its economy and its infrastructure to the world at MIPIM – the biggest property and built environment event in Europe. It is unashamedly more about property than construction, but under pinning all of the deals being discussed is the supply chain that makes the houses, offices, hospitals, roads and bridges countries and their politicians demand.

Last week’s peer review demonstration event for Ysgol Ffwrnes proved once again that Welsh designers, engineers and builders are delivering value for the communities they serve and not just fulfilling the contractual obligations to their clients. Feedback from the presentation was excellent and matches the BREEAM Outstanding certification for its Design Stage. In fact it will be the first Primary School in Wales to be built to BREEAM Outstanding standards on its completion later this year.

What’s more it is well on track to meet all of its project targets. Contractor, WRW – one of the key supporters of CEW in West Wales – is delivering the project through Carmarthenshire Council's Modernising Education Programme. The £14.6 million new school in Llanelli is on target to finish in April 2015 and will provide two-form entry for 420 children. It has been funded by a £10.22 million Welsh Government grant, and £4.38 million from the council’s capital programme.

Design for Deconstruction (D4D) evolved from the Welsh Governemnts Construction and Demolition Sector Plan and Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW) has been given the task of driving this study forward.  On Wednesday the 12th March pulled together a group of key industry stakeholders with a mixture of expertise including Ceri Jones (Faithful & Gould), Chris Howe (Atkins), Stuart Jones (ARUP), Chris Jones (Building Standards Consultancy), Phil Farnham (Cardiff Demolition), Peter Davies (CMB Engineering) and Andrew Roberts (Paramount).  

The workshop was an opportunity for the group to express their views on the current status design for deconstruction, recommend any changes and start to address the feasibility.

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