A great place to work
In 2012, we will open our new National Centre in Milton Keynes. It is being constructed on the site of the former National Hockey Stadium and will be built to high environmental standards. The National Centre will bring long-term investment to the local economy, and construction begins in the summer of 2010.
The National Centre will bring together key activities (including teams from finance, property, asset management and planning) into one location to enable us to work better and to provide an outstanding level of service to our customers.
It will also incorporate environmental and positive health features. It will be light and airy, with a relaxed and open working environment.
Our greenest building yet
We are committed to building our National Centre to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating, putting sustainability at the heart of the building design. Some of the initiatives we are working on include:
- Encouraging biodiversity in the city centre. The building will have living roofs and landscaping in the surrounding area to encourage diverse habitats for flora and fauna
- Natural ventilation. We’ve designed the building to take advantage of the prevailing winds on the site, so there will be no need for air conditioning
- Water efficiency. The building is designed to use a third less water than one reliant on traditional water supplies, and we will be harvesting rain water to flush toilets
- Reuse and recycling. We will recycle some of the materials from the demolished stadium and source new material locally. This means fewer lorries driving to site, and those that do, will have less far to travel.
Local community involvement
The National Centre will be light and airy, with a relaxed and open working environment.
The building will be in the heart of the city and our aim is to make it part of the heart of the community. We have recently established a partnership with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) begining in June 2010, and sees us fund a local post for the BTCV which will help regenerate ecological sites around the city.
As our plans develop throughout 2010/11, we will be publishing more information about our progress on our website. You can read more about our National Centre in the related case studies section of this page.