Grainge Architects have undertaken numerous developments across the Middlemoor Police Headdquarters site. The illustrated project here is the new training college New student residential accommodation at Middlemoor Training College campus. The project for 80 college bedrooms utilised prefabricated bathroom pods, thermally massive construction whilst remaining highly economical. The buildings were cleverly orientated on the site to allow study bedrooms some degree of sunlight whilst avoiding numerous service routes which crossed the site. The building was designed using traditional construction methods of solid block work, insulated render and precast concrete floor slabs which resulted in a highly flexible robust building type which could be easily modified to suit future space configurations which were highly likely as the clients requirements changed. Specific acoustic problems associated with overhead flying helicopters were overcome with heavy weight construction element. This strategy combined to give the building a thermally massive structure which allowed both heat and coolth properties to be harnessed, reducing energy consumption.