Entries by Lyn

CONTRACTOR CHOSEN FOR NEW CARDIFF SCHOOL

The contract to build a new home for Fitzalan High School has been awarded to Kier, as thelatest scheme to be delivered under Cardiff’s £284m Band B, 21stCentury Schools and Education Programme progresses. Representing a£64.3m investment in the local community, the development will see the existing Fitzalan High School replaced with a new-build 10 form […]

BAM Construction has started work on a £29m high school in Dartford, Kent

CGI of Stone Lodge School, due for completion in February 2022. Construction work-proper has begun at Stone Lodge School following pre-construction works that included ecological investigations, moving wildlife and diverting public rights of way. BAM Construction is working on the three-storey building with sister companies BAM Design and BAM Services Engineering. Architect KSS has been […]

ONLINE Consultations TO TEST THE FUTURE OF north-eastern SCHOOLS

Dales Park School in Peterhead, one of the schools proposed to be relocated to the Peterhead Community Campus. Public consultations over the future of three north-east primary schools are to be moved online due to the current lockdown. Aberdeenshire Council’s education and children’s services committee approved the consultations to be held over the relocation of […]

new centre of educational excellence in Chester

Dean of Chester, the Venerable Dr Tim Stratford has joined city leaders in celebrating the launch of a new world-class centre of excellence for children with Special Educational Needs in Chester. Abbey School for Exceptional Children, a day and residential school that caters for children and young persons aged four to 19 years with a […]

£6m for transitional ‘Mini-School’

How the new-build teaching block at Barr’s Hill School will look (Image: Barr’s Hill School)   More than £6 million will be spent revamping a Coventry secondary school with plans including a brand new teaching block dubbed a ‘mini school’ for Year 7 students. Coventry City Council’s planning department granted approval for a new two-storey […]

NO HOLD UP FOR £40.9m ACADEMY PROJECT

Plans for a brand new Boclair Academy in Bearsden took a significant step forward last month as the partners involved agreed terms for the £40.9 million project. The agreement was reached between East Dunbartonshire Council, and contractor Wates Construction Limited/McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited. The project is being delivered via the SCAPE Construction Framework. The […]

Plans unveiled to build a new Cathays High School

Plans unveiled to build a new Cathays High School and move Maindy cycle track The cycle track would be relocated to the International Sports Village at Cardiff Bay Plans have been unveiled to build a new Cathays High School in Cardiff and move the Maindy cycle track. The high school is one of five in […]

New Centre of Excellence for modern construction

New Centre of Excellence for modern construction and digital technologies awarded £500,000 Focusing on modern construction and digital technologies will be built at Chesterfield College after the scheme was awarded a £500,000 grant from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The investment will support the D2N2 LEP’s vision of greener homes and technology, along with […]

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EUROBRICK FOR MODULAR SCHOOLS INNOVATION  

Addington School is for young people with special educational needs Leading brick slip cladding specialist, Eurobrick, has been supplying its systems to the education sector for 30 years and, more recently, with offsite construction specialist Reds10 to supply two new school projects in Reading; Green Park Village Primary Academy and Addington School. Green Park Village […]