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How global conflicts impact UK school construction
In an interconnected world, events far beyond our shores increasingly shape domestic industries in profound ways. One of the most pressing issues today is the impact of global conflicts on construction, particularly in sectors as essential as…

A vision for 2025: Building better schools for the future
As we step into 2025, the landscape of the UK’s educational infrastructure is evolving, with new challenges and opportunities shaping how we approach the design and construction of school buildings. Construction professionals and specifiers…

Heckmondwike FB Wins CFJ Award for Education
Heckmondwike FB, a leading manufacturer of high-performance carpets, has won the CFJ award for the Education (Schools) category for the Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School project in collaboration with Kier Construction and Westcotes Flooring…

Strategies for Cleaner & Healthier Education Environments
Students spend on average 35 hours a week in school for half the year1, so it is vital to prioritise wellbeing, productivity, and comfort to support learning. In this article, Dyson explains why installing air purification systems within educational…

Precast in the frame for net zero future
A precast concrete approach to constructing the building frame for the UK’s largest ever Passivhaus school has demonstrated the material’s potential for use in highly sustainable buildings. Mark McCann at FP McCann, the country’s largest…

Willow Dene School receives new SEN modular building for sixth form students
Willow Dene School needed to expand its estate with a new SEN building for its sixth-form students. Leading modular building specialists, Wernick Buildings were willing and able to take on this challenge.The sixth form block is a project…

TG Escapes provide net-zero timber frame building for Solihull Sixth Form College
Solihull Sixth Form College has unveiled the Turvey Building, a new facility delivered by TG Escapes, specialists in sustainable, timber frame, modular construction. Designed to meet modern educational needs while prioritising sustainability,…

School buildings most in need of improvement set to benefit from £8.6m council investment
The latest programme of school infrastructure improvements worth £8.6 million has been unveiled by Nottinghamshire County CouncilThe investment is part of the council’s annual school building improvement work which will be designed and…

Torfaen council approves school building investment plans
Some £140 million will be needed to invest in school buildings in a Gwent borough with refurbishments to two Welsh medium primaries the top priority.Plans to upgrade Ysgol Bryn Onnen, in Varteg, Pontypool, and Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran were…

Work starts on new North London SEND school
Work has begun on a new £22m ‘ultra-sustainable’ special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in North London as demand for places in the borough has soared over the past decade.The site will provide an additional 150 places in…

BAM finalises £71m deal to replace first major RAAC school
BAM has finally agreed a £71m contract price with the Department for Education to cover the first major RAAC concrete school rebuild.St Leonards Catholic School in Durham will be rebuilt to the west of the school site, replacing the existing…

£1.3m invested in new school building The Eastbrook Centre
Gloucestershire County Council has invested around £1.3 million in The Eastbrook Centre, a new site for Gloucestershire's alternative provision school.The Altus School is an alternative provision for children and young people who have struggled…
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