Leading property development company, Lotus Property, has lodged plans for a £55 million investment that will see the construction of 724 new student apartments close to Belfast City Centre. The development, to be known as 140 Donegall Street, is located less than 150 metres from the new Ulster University campus building and within walking distance […]
With lockdown restrictions beginning to ease and the education sector reopening across the UK & Ireland, perhaps now is the time to think about improving your school’s sports facilities and by doing so potentially create some new revenue streams? Or perhaps it is the time to future proof the internal space requirements that may become […]
Engineering and construction experts Fordingbridge continue to utilise their high quality range of steel and glulam canopy and walkway solutions to increase year-round usable space in schools and academies throughout the UK. Working to enhance both new-build and existing schools with their offering, the design, manufacture and installation team at the firm, continue to provide […]
Signage expert Stocksigns Ltd. has launched a new ‘Create Your Own Sign’ application on its website. The new feature allows customers to quickly make tailor-made adjustments to a wide range of standard health and safety signs or create bespoke signs using a variety of text and images – custom signage made easy. With […]
Land off Moortown Lane in Ringwood where nearly 500 homes are planned CHILDREN could move schools in a plan to deal with pressure on class sizes from the proposed construction of hundreds of new homes across Ringwood, it has been claimed. During a presentation by a land investment company which is drawing up a 491-home […]
Willmott Dixon has announced the delivery of Oldham College’s £9m Construction Centre designed by architect firm AHR. The new two-storey building was handed over five weeks ahead of the planned delivery date. It is designed to provide technical trades and higher professional skills to students to degree level including new T Level qualifications. The […]
Schools have many factors to consider when it comes to choosing fencing, from security and privacy, to aesthetics, sustainability, and noise, if only one product could provide all this and more; enter timber acoustic barriers. Constructed from kiln-dried, pressure treated timber boards secured between unique tuning fork posts, timber acoustic barriers provide a gentle, timber […]
The ongoing pandemic has been a disruption to the everyday routines of billions around the world, as due to being confined to their households, the separation between work and rest has become extremely blurry, with people forced to rethink and reconfigure the layout of their personal spaces. Conversations have abounded on how to create flexible […]
Getting kids back to in-person learning could hinge on upgrading the ventilation systems in school buildings. Why it matters: This is a massive undertaking in the U.S., where school maintenance has been neglected and the average school building is 44 years old. Significant stimulus funds can be funneled to installing new A/C systems, but it […]
A school in Sydenham could be demolished depending on the outcome of a planning inquiry. Lewisham Council has been involved in a planning inquiry after contractors for the Archdiocese of Southwark failed to comply with planning consent when building a new school. St Winifred’s Primary School and Our Lady and St Philip Neri Primary School […]