Manchester City Council has appointed Laing O’Rourke to construct the Abraham Moss Library and Leisure Centre.

As part of Manchester City Council's ongoing sport and leisure investment strategy, Abraham Moss Library and Leisure Centre will have a sports hall, two squash courts, gym and dance studio, along with a modern library. The facility will also have a six-lane swimming pool, learner pool, steam room and sauna.

The centre is a major regeneration investment into the area of Crumpsall and will form a key part of the Abraham Moss Community Campus. Laing O’Rourke has started on the structural demolition, which will see the community say goodbye to the aging facilities and hello to the new.


The demolition period follows a collaborative design period with Manchester City Council, during which the team drew upon its previous experience of delivering Hough End, Levenshulme Arcadia and East Manchester Leisure Centres.

Laing O'Rourke is utilising the power of its experience and its own specialist supply chain to deliver Abraham Moss. Crown House Technologies will provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) modules and plant equipment, which will be designed and manufactured at its Oldbury facility. These will be delivered to site on a ‘just in time’ schedule and installed to service the entire building.

Concrete specialists, Expanded Geotechnical will construct the substructure, drainage and landscaping elements of the building. It will deliver the reinforced concrete pool structures and raft slabs that utilise the existing basement substructure. Stone and tiling specialist Vetter UK will screed and tile the new pools, changing village and atrium areas.

Laing O'Rourke was selected as preferred contractor through the North West Construction Hub.