A new digital innovation facility at Keele University has reached practical completion. The £10.4m Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) will be the home of Keele’s new Digital Society Institute, providing collaborative space for business and research. Designed by HLM Architects, working with Tetra-Tech, Poole Dick, Currie & Brown and William Bailey, and constructed by Bowmer and […]
Deputy Thomas Pringle THE Government has been urged to provide a list of the school projects put on hold and their cost. Addressing the Dáil on Wednesday, Deputy Thomas Pringle said, “The government’s decision to halt 58 school building projects is not only disgraceful but nonsensical, and the fact that the Minister for Education is […]
We’re working with industry leaders and other government departments to help more people access high-quality training and careers in construction. From T Levels to apprenticeships to Skills Bootcamps, there are many routes into a job in construction for people of all ages. Whether you’re looking for post-16 training options, or thinking of getting back into […]
Schoolchildren across the Southern Water region (Kent, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, East and West Sussex) will learn about how we can all protect and look after our precious water supplies in a new set of classroom modules taking place over the next year. This new programme, building on the ongoing wider offering for schools from […]
Plans for a 540-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Birmingham City Centre by Vita Group in partnership with have been approved. Birmingham City Council (BCC) Planning Committee, members approved the plans for the new Vita Student building on Gough Street/ Suffolk Street. Famous for its ‘all in’ living experience which includes bills, events, breakfast and […]
Littleborough Community Primary School has become the first net zero school to be rebuilt under the Department for Education (DfE) School Rebuilding Programme. Built by Wates, the 2,243sq m two-storey project has been constructed on land within the existing Littleborough campus. It will provide 14 new classrooms, a library, a new sports/assembly hall, Multi Use […]
Pupils at the school keeping an eye on construction as the block was built Derwent Primary pupils are now learning in a brand-new teaching block named in honour of one of the school’s late governors. The new 10-classroom block has now been named the Buttercup Block to commemorate the life of governor Leah McDermott, […]
Department for Education plans to rebuild and repair schools across England may not be enough to “eliminate risk” across the estate, its permanent secretary has admitted. The admission came during a Parliamentary public accounts committee (PAC) hearing today, in which Susan Acland-Hood was quizzed about the rapidly deteriorating school estate. Alongside Acland-Hood, DfE director general […]
Leicester College has received a £6,000 donation from the Leicestershire Joint Consultative Committee (LJCC) for the Building Industry to help fund the purchase of a new mortar mill to support a variety of students on Construction courses. The mortar mill is a mixing and stirring machine for combining lime, sand, and other materials to make […]
The Department of Education has confirmed that 58 school building projects due to go to tender or construction this year are on hold due to funding pressures. High construction inflation has resulted in difficulties among contractors in standing over tendered costs for many planned school buildings. The delays are likely to affect tens of thousands […]