Striving for the Gold Standard: A Practical Guide to framework selection for public sector construction is a handy booklet for any public sector organisation seeking to understand how to go about choosing a framework within the 24 guidelines set out in the recent Gold Standard Framework report led by Professor David Mosey for the Cabinet Office. […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council appoints hub South West to deliver the new Dumfries High School Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed hub South West Scotland, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, to develop the new Dumfries High School. One […]
New College Lanarkshire is one of the largest colleges in Scotland and operates across Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire, with campuses in Cumbernauld, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Kirkintilloch, Hamilton and Broadwood. With more than 10,000 students, New College Lanarkshire provides outstanding learning opportunities and has high impact partnerships within the public, business and third sectors. The college offers […]
A major extension to a Wolverhampton college is on track for completion. Morgan Sindall Construction was awarded the £12.6m contract to expand the Thomas Telford University Technical College (UTC) last year and began work on the 4,500 sq m extension in the summer. So far, it has handed over the all-weather pitch, performance space and […]
Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is stressing the need for greater awareness of fire safety in education buildings, with a large percentage of fire doors in schools found to be non-compliant while undergoing inspections. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires schools to undertake risk assessments to […]
Plans to redevelop three primary schools in the south of Rhondda Cynon Taf have been approved. The council plans for Pontyclun Primary School, Penygawsi Primary School in Llantrisant and Llanilltud Faerdref Primary School in Church Village went before the planning committee on Thursday, March 10 and got the go ahead. They are part of an […]
A historic school building in Newport which was closed a year ago over safety concerns is to be demolished and replaced before pupils can return. Hundreds of pupils at St Andrew’s Primary School on Jenkins Street were unable to return to classrooms after “significant structural issues” were found at the school’s junior building last March. […]
LEADING life-safety systems manufacturer, C-TEC, has launched a new series of BS 5839-1 fire detection and fire alarm system compliance courses. Delivered at C-TEC’s state-of-the-art training centre in the North West of England, the courses include both theoretical and practical activities. Thoroughly covering BS 5839-1 Foundation, Design, Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance, the courses can […]
A new post-graduate course to improve the energy efficiency of buildings has been given the go-ahead at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU). This comes as the university successfully joins the UK Green Building Council. The new course, PG Cert Building Retrofit, has been developed to improve […]
At a virtual meeting of Midlothian’s Police and Fire Rescue Board, Councillor Peter Smaill questioned the ‘green’ credentials of the local authority’s school lighting policy, he said he had received a complaint about a school being lit up during the night. And he said while he did not want to play down the need for […]