Wynne Construction was appointed by Wrexham County Borough Council to carry out the refurbishment and extension works at Ysgol Yr Hafod in Johnstown.
The extension integrated the old schoolhouse as well as creating three new classrooms and a reception/nursery in order to join together the infant and junior schools, which were located on two different sites. The refurbishment included a new main entrance and administration hub, a new early years foundation class base, a new staff car park, and a multi-use games area.
The project was part-funded by the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning programme.

Wynne Construction has conducted a turf cutting ceremony with

Wynne Construction was appointed by Ceredigion County Council to build an extension and associated site works/services to Canolfan Y Mor and an extension to the Science Block, forming a new main reception area. Canolfan y Mor caters for pupils in Key Stage 3, 4, and 5 who have difficulties in interacting socially and who have associated behaviours. The new facilities include sensory rooms and a safe space to support pupils social-emotional learning.
The project was part-funded by the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning programme.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Flintshire County Council to design and build a £7.1m programme of works, as part of a package of investment in the Early Years childcare offer at 11 primary schools across the county. This investment included a new extension and remodelling works for Ysgol Brynffordd, near Holywell under the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme (formerly 21st Century Schools Programme). The Early Years programme aimed to smooth the transition between pre-school and nursery by offering all day care for 3 to 4 year olds at the primary school locations.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Conwy County Borough Council to build a new respite centre at Bron Y Nant in Colwyn Bay. Part funded through the Welsh Integrated Care Fund, the build includes five fully furnished apartments, a communal space, and a Complex Care Day unit providing a daily respite service for those with complex needs. A separate shop and café have also been built at Bryn Euryn Nurseries enabling people with disabilities to gain valuable work experience skills. Site teams were careful to preserve existing polytunnels which will be used to grow and sell plants.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Anglesey County Council to build the new Ysgol Corn Hir primary school situated on the outskirts of Llangefni. Replacing the old school, the build has been part-funded by the Sustainable Communities for Learning programme and is equipped with the latest facilities to create an inspirational and modern learning environment.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Gwynedd Council, to extend and refurbish Ysgol y Faenol, Penrhosgarnedd increasing the primary school’s capacity from 186 to 315 pupils and included external works and landscaping.

The Ysgol Y Faenol project started in May 2020 and the workforce and supply chain overcame the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, to continue working in a safe environment with consideration for the wellbeing of all the site employees.

We continued to delivery social value activities and engagement through online virtual presentations with learners from Coleg Menai, a dedicated project Facebook page to keep the community updated, and once the school re-opened ensured that we maintained all social distancing requirements with the staff and pupils during this “live” site project.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Flintshire County Council to design and build a new six classroom extension and remodeling of the existing Ysgol Glanrafon in Mold to include additional car parking and external works. The extension of the site will allow the school’s capacity to increase and was funded through a Welsh Government Welsh Medium Capital grant.
The project started in November 2020 and the workforce and supply chain overcame the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, to continue working in a safe environment with consideration for the wellbeing of all site employees.

During the design phase, we held workshops with the pupils to gain their ideas for how the remodeling of the school should look. We continued to deliver social value through online and virtual activities, including a Q&A session with project architect, virtual mock interviews with pupils from Hawarden High School and employer engagement sessions with Coleg Cambria learners.

Wynne Construction was appointed by Flintshire County Council to design and build a £7.1m programme of works, as part of a package of investment in the Early Years childcare offer at 11 primary schools across the county. This investment included a new extension and remodelling works for Ysgol Brynfford, near Holywell under the Welsh
Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme (formerly 21st Century Schools Programme). The Early Years programme aimed to smooth the transition between pre-school and nursery by offering all day care for 3 to 4 year olds at the primary school locations. Ysgol Brynfford was largest scheme for the contract, in terms of value and complexity. It consisted of an extension for the early year’s facility with an additional room to become a new library, extensions to each of the current classrooms, a new activity room, an extension to the school hall, increasing the school footprint by a third in size, refurbished the existing toilets and provided the headteacher with her own office. We built temporary internal walls, to enable the school to continue as a “live”
site and to minimise disruption to lessons during the construction phase. Our social value activities are aligned with the Well-being of Future Generations Act and designed to maximise the benefits for the local Flintshire economy.

With the use of SIPs (structural insulated panels) and method methods of construction, reducing waste through manufacturing offsite, along with recycling and sorting of waste products, 95% of waste created was diverted from landfill for the Ysgol Brynffordd project.

The project was built during a time of restrictions due to the COVID pandemic. The construction industry continued but
for many school pupils in Flintshire, their education moved to remote-learning. In partnership with the Wynne Futures
Foundation and The Neumark Foundation, we donated £1,000 towards buying laptops to be donated to Year 10 and 11 pupils
who didn’t have access at home.

We aim to source a local supply chain, with targets based within Flintshire County (postcode) or within 30 miles of site, resulting in a local workforce and subsequently lower CO2 emissions for travelling to and from site.
The labour force analysis for the Ysgol Brynffordd project delivered 48% (83 persons) living with 30 miles of site and a total of 60% (120 persons) living within North Wales.

The Challenge

Gwynedd Council strive to secure benefits above and beyond the value of the schools themselves and does so by striving to secure additional wider community benefits on its high value building projects.

As part of the Council’s Strategic Plan, ‘Keeping the benefit local’ is a key driver to ensure that the local economy can prosper from the Council’s procurement spend. Such local benefit can centre on utilising the local supply base and where possible develop the local workforce and contractors with the necessary skills to complete such projects.

Having worked with the successful contractor previously, the Council were confident that Wynne Construction shared the Council’s aims and would do their utmost to achieve positive results.

The Response

By following the Client based approach of the National Skills Academy for Construction, the Council were able to set clear targets, incorporating core and non-core aspirations as part of the contract. Core targets were set from a training perspective, based on the overall value of the project.

Wynne Construction and Gwynedd Council used a variety of sources to promote a Meet the Buyer event for the project so as to ensure that local subcontractors were aware of potential future opportunities.

By the end of the project, 69% of spend associated with the project remained within 30 miles of the site. To secure results in terms of upskilling the supply chain, Wynne Construction subsequently set targets as part of the appointment process for their subcontractors and excellent results were achieved in terms of upskilling of the supply chain which included NVQs, Supervisor training and Leadership and management training.

The Results

This particular project successfully met the challenge through all parties supporting the Council’s aims of ‘Keeping the benefit local’.

Examples were identified where the local supply chain fulfilled elements of the project, and as a result of the work secured, were able to fill temporary and permanent jobs within the local area.

As a result of this :

• 1 permanent job created as a result of the project
• 3 permanent jobs retained as a result of the project
• 5 temporary jobs retained as a result of the project
• 69% of spend associated with the project remained within 30 miles of site
• 750 weeks of NVQ2/3 training achieved by a local subcontractor
• Total of 132 weeks of Supervisory and Leadership & management training achieved by 3 subcontractors, with 76 of those weeks achieved by a Gwynedd based company

In an effort to promote the benefits achieved and show the positive impact projects of this nature can have locally, the Council produced a brief video (video shot in April 2016). The two local subcontractors featured demonstrate the importance of such projects for the local area and what opportunities they have been able to offer as a result.

The Challenge

Following on from our Community Benefit  Strategic Interest Group, great links have been formed with the Tier 1 contractors who are running projects as part of the framework, and JCP being integral in supporting these opportunities with customers for work experience and job starts

In some areas where they are not currently working on framework schemes, the Contractors have looked at some of their other non-framework projects to offer work experience and potential job opportunities.

The Response

Working with Wynne Construction: One such project has been the construction of the new lifeboat station in Llandudno. Due to the support of Alison from Wynne Construction, a young unemployed man from Conwy was given a work experience opportunity to work on the site with one of the sub-contractors.

Working with Read Construction: The team at Read construction have been busy on their school build in Llandudno Junction, and employed a local sub-contractor partnership to complete some of the joinery work

Due to amount of work that was made available to them for both framework and subsequently non framework jobs, they needed to think bigger and take on some more labouring staff

Due to the relationship they were aware of with JCP and Read through the framework, one of the partners spoke to an employer and partnership advisor from Llandudno job centre, who just happened to be an N W Construction Forum representative.