Entries by Lyn

Combating Luchtime Noise

  SUPERPHON ART PANELS COMBAT LUNCHTIME NOISE AT PRIMARY   Children and staff at Gatley Primary in Cheadle, Cheshire, are enjoying reduced noise levels during their lunch break following the installation of a set of CMS Danskin Acoustics’ SuperPhon Art Panels. Cheshire Soundproofing were called in to address noise and reverberation levels in the school […]

Ugliest Building Transformed into College

  The MailBox, which was once described by its owner as ‘the ugliest building in Stockport’, has been fully transformed with apartments and an expansive, stylish multi-functional co-working space. The final piece of the puzzle that has just been completed is a college for disabled young people embarking on their journey into adulthood; developing the […]

Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus school to use CLT structure

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened its doors in Edinburgh. The £3.2 million, two-storey extension to Sciennes Primary School – a grade B-listed building in the Marchmont conservation area of the city – was designed by Holmes Miller, with Maxi Construction as the principal […]

Bouygues UK completes £168m student accommodation project in Essex

Leading construction company Bouygues UK has completed The Pastures, its £168m project to deliver 1,262 new student bedrooms on the Colchester Campus for the University of Essex. The project was developed by Uliving, the student accommodation arm of Bouygues UK’s sister company Linkcity, in partnership with leading global investor, developer and fund manager Equitix. Bouygues […]

Student accommodation scheme in Newcastle

Rund appointed to 350 bed St James’ Boulevard student accommodation scheme in Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rund has been appointed to support property development specialist HG Living with employer’s agent and quantity surveying services on the 31,000 sq ft, purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Newcastle. A major city centre scheme, the project will involve the creation of 350 […]

The Chronic Underfunding of School Buildings

RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak   Eight education unions, along with governance experts, are warning the prime minister that chronic underfunding of school buildings has left many unsafe and that urgent action is now needed. The Association of School and College Leaders, […]

West Fraser Encourages Future Carpenters

  West Fraser is sponsoring the carpentry department at PETROC college in North Devon.    The department, which provides courses for those aged 16 right up to mature students, will be supported with donations of SterlingOSB Zero and CaberMDF.  The panels will be used by students studying for T-level qualifications and carpentry apprenticeships to create […]

A new £48 million Dumfries High School

HUB South West Scotland will work with Morgan Sindall and Dumfries and Galloway Council to deliver the new £48 million Dumfries High School after plans for the new education facility were approved. Part of the Learning Estate Investment Programme (LEIP), the school will accommodate over 900 pupils, with the build taking place on the existing […]

Westminster, we have a (£11 billion) problem

It’s time to get over the fixation on what teachers are doing and fix the buildings in which they’re doing it, says Mark Wilson   In Instruction to Deliver: Fighting to Transform Britain’s Public Services, Sir Michael Barber wrote that the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its infrastructure. I agree. […]