Entries by Lyn

Creating Better Environments for a Better Education

The effectiveness of education provided to students is directly proportional to the quality of the learning environment where the teaching is delivered. Optimal acoustics, thermal performance, air quality, natural lighting, security and aesthetics work harmoniously together to positively impact how students and teachers stay comfortable and focused, and perform academically. Kawneer continuously invests in façade […]

Zentia renames one of its most popular ceiling tile ranges

Zentia’s new Fission range will incorporate the former Tatra, Cortega and Fine Fissured tiles. Leading UK ceiling manufacturers Zentia are bringing together and renaming three of their most popular mineral tiles. The new Fission range will comprise Fission (formerly Tatra), Fission ND (formerly Cortega) and Fission FT (formerly Fine Fissured) which are all fire rated […]

Multi Million Pound Educational Institute

Construction to begin on multi-million pound state-of-the-art educational institute Expansion work will start this month as part of Hartlepool’s £25million Town Deal An engineering company is set to start work on an expansion as part of the moves to create a skills academy of the future. Seymour Civil Engineering has received planning approval for further […]

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£10m Hit on Failed Free Schools

The Department for Education has taken a £10 million hit after selling the buildings of failed free schools to mostly private property developers. An investigation by Schools Week found it also spent an additional £10.9 million on upkeep, such as security, maintenance and utility bills, on the empty sites. The government revealed after a parliamentary […]

low carbon Lancashire school

Leading energy and regeneration specialist, Equans has been appointed by Lancashire County Council to deliver a brand-new, modular primary school in Ribblesdale, Clitheroe, which is designed to achieve net zero carbon status. The new school will provide 210 much-needed new school places for children in the area, and local disruption will be kept to a […]

Leading by example

Working with award-winning EPR Architects and Hollis M and E Consultants Zumtobel and its sister brand Thorn, both lighting brands of the Zumtobel Group have provided a complimentary lighting scheme to the Royal Society of Blind Children for its new uplifting centre.   There are an estimated 39,000 blind and partially sighted children and young […]

Engineers at LJMU have gone out and bought a dog!

The School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment at Liverpool John Moores University leads the way with ‘robot dog‘ investment LJMU becomes the first university in Europe to acquire Spot and the 3D Laser Scanner with software as a package and plans to use its £150k investment for teaching and research. It’s four-legged and […]

Plans to redevelop the James Calvert Spence College site

Plans to redevelop the James Calvert Spence College site on Acklington Road were shown to the public at a consultation event held by Northumberland County Council on 25 January. The public were given a week to send in their feedback, and NCC then intend to submit a formal planning application at the end of February. […]

New Resource Base for Deaf Children

On Tuesday (Tuesday 17 January), Southampton City Council’s Cabinet gave approval for the construction of a new specialist deaf facility at Newlands Primary School   The new resource base which was designed by Southampton City Council’s in-house Design Services Team will be a purpose built space for deaf children and will be a single storey […]

REDEVELOPMENT FOR ST. MARY’S

St Mary’s School has commenced the redevelopment of its Senior School in Bateman Street, Cambridge, this week, as part of a project that will transform the school’s learning environment for current and future generations of students. The development, which is part of a larger capital investment programme across the school’s sites, will include both enhanced […]