How did Powys County Council (PCC) choose two companies for building projects that were on the verge of going bust? A special meeting of the Audit Committee on Wednesday, will probe how PCC went about choosing Dawnus to build three schools and Jistcourt to build flats, when they were on the verge of collapse. Earlier this […]
Sprinklers were not fitted at any London school or college which had fires this year, new figures have revealed. Statistics showed that none of the 57 educational establishments in the capital attended by firefighters were fitted with the systems. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) data covers blazes attended by crews at nurseries, primary and secondary […]
Parents of children at a “dilapidated” primary school – where a third of pupils claim to have been struck by respiratory illnesses – has issued a desperate plea for their “sick school” to be replaced. The parent council at Broadford Primary School will meet with council bosses on Monday to discuss the state of […]
A brand new multi-million-pound building has been planned for a Derby secondary school. Larger numbers of children attending Chellaston Academy combined with an increase in housebuilding in the area means the school requires additional space. To cope, the Swarkestone Road school wants to build a two-storey multi-use hall for assemblies, teaching, training and performances. The […]
The saga over the new building in Diggle has lasted almost a decade. Supporters of a new £19m Saddleworth School can breathe a sigh of relief after the threat of another judicial review has been lifted. The controversial proposals to build a replacement high school in Diggle were approved for the second time in less […]
Highways England – the government-owned company which operates, maintains, repairs and improves the country’s 4,300 miles of motorways and major A-roads – is working to ensure there are enough engineers to help build the roads of the future. And as part of its support for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in schools and colleges, […]
UNICEF, in partnership with Colombian social enterprise Conceptos Plasticos, today announced it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory that will convert plastic waste collected in Côte d’Ivoire into modular plastic bricks. The easy-to-assemble, durable, low-cost bricks will be used to build much needed classrooms in the West African country. “This factory will be at […]
The building blocks of Doncaster UTC are starting to take place as the main contractors have been appointed, just weeks after the principal was announced. Willmott Dixon, the company who built the National College for High Speed Rail and XP School in the borough, are working with Doncaster UTC. Garath Rawson, principal of Doncaster UTC, […]
Construction on a new secondary school in Derbyshire – which began four years ago and was hit by the collapse of Carillion – is now finally due to be completed. Work began on the new David Nieper Academy in Grange Street, Alfreton in 2015. However, the grounds have been left looking like a deserted building […]
A frustrated councillor claims Lib Dem leader Ruth Dombey is “playing politics” by opposing current plans to build schools in her own ward. Catherine Gray, Conservative councillor for Sutton West, says “subjective” concerns over proposed designs for the Rosehill Recreation Ground development should be put to one side given the shortage of secondary schools places […]