Here, James Withey, Managing Director at Algeco offsite, looks at how innovation in the design and delivery of modular platforms is driving forward the new schools building programme. The pressing need for additional places is driving significant changes in the type of construction technique specified, with the government pushing for platform-based solutions. In 2020, the […]
Students and teachers at Martin High School are enjoying a beautiful new classroom block at their school in Anstey, Leicestershire. Classroom space for the Humanities department was limited. The department’s classrooms were far too spread out across the site, which was not the ideal learning environment to deliver the desired curriculum. The school sought […]
An artist’s impression of the new dining hall extension at Burton Borough School in Newport Building contractor wins £6.6m of new projects A Shropshire building contractor has landed three new contracts in the education and care sector. Pave Aways will design and build a single storey extension at Lawley Village Academy in Telford […]
School security is important, but no one wants a place of learning to look like a fortress. That’s why, in recent decades, there’s been a move away from more forbidding perimeter fencing to barriers you can see through, and that are more aesthetically pleasing. Fencing products like the Nylofor 3-M offer a high level of […]
The University of Kent can now practice and play on one of the world’s finest basketball courts after learning a lesson from stars of America’s hugely popular NBA. Kent is the first UK university to have an MFMA PUR certified and EN14904 compliant Robbins solid maple wood floor installed by its UK-based partner TVS Sports […]
Leading natural and hybrid ventilation solutions manufacturer Passivent recently played its part in the creation of a specialist school located in Sunderland, providing a comprehensive range of its high-performance natural ventilation products, tailored for the SEND environment with the whole building in mind. Passivent provided Sunningdale School with its unique thermal acoustic Aircool® window ventilators, […]
A new primary school is being flattened before it is finished, with children being taught in temporary buildings. The academy had been under construction but was hit by a number of delays. Now workers have been on site pulling down the buildings, after work first started in January 2021. The school had originally been set […]
Clegg Construction starts work on Maltby Grammar School renovation project Contractor Clegg Construction has started work on an exciting £5.9m renovation scheme to repurpose the derelict Maltby Grammar School near Rotherham into a community resource and education facility. The company has pledged to support a range of local health and wellbeing projects and employment and […]
Minister for Education Norma Foley said her department was committed to an “ambitious” capital programme. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Construction delays linked to high inflation had sparked protests from schools affected Work is set to resume on almost 60 school building projects that were stalled due to concerns over rising costs. The Department of Education […]
St Mary’s STEM Lab ‘Highly Commended’ in prestigious architecture award A state-of-the-art STEM Lab at St Mary’s School in Cambridge has been ‘Highly Commended’ in the national AJ Retrofit Awards 2023, which took place on Tuesday 4th April. The dynamic learning space, designed by Cambridge-based Neubau Architecture, was officially opened last year and is equipped […]