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Morgan Sindall Construction to deliver new school projects utilising offsite

|Date: 22 January, 2021

Morgan Sindall Construction to deliver new school projects utilising offsite

Morgan Sindall Construction continues its legacy of delivering first-class educational facilities across ...

Morgan Sindall Construction continues its legacy of delivering first-class educational facilities across the Northern Home Counties after being awarded two major upgrade contracts, totalling £13.5m. T ...

22 January, 2021
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Caledonian | Rethinking modular in a post COVID world

|Date: 9 December, 2020

Caledonian | Rethinking modular in a post COVID world

Offsite build of Sir Frederick Gibberd College was completed in just 12 weeks and during the national COV ...

Offsite build of Sir Frederick Gibberd College was completed in just 12 weeks and during the national COVID-19 lockdown. Andy Smith, Head of Business Development at Caledonian, looks at why it’s now t ...

9 December, 2020
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Works begin on pivotal build of West Midlands SEND school

|Date: 4 December, 2020

Works begin on pivotal build of West Midlands SEND school

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to design and b ...

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) to design and build a brand-new facility for the modernisation of Oscott Manor School in Birmingham, as part o ...

4 December, 2020
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Forbo Flooring Systems | Minimising disruption on flooring refurbishments

|Date: 25 November, 2020

Forbo Flooring Systems | Minimising disruption on flooring refurbishments

Lewis Cooper, Segment Marketing Manager for Education at Forbo Flooring Systems, offers advice on how to ...

Lewis Cooper, Segment Marketing Manager for Education at Forbo Flooring Systems, offers advice on how to minimise disruption and downtime on flooring refurbishments in education through the installati ...

25 November, 2020
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Works complete on phase two of £3.9m King Edward VI School renovation

|Date: 20 November, 2020

Works complete on phase two of £3.9m King Edward VI School renovation

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson has completed the latest phase of works on the expansion and renovation ...

Midlands contractor G F Tomlinson has completed the latest phase of works on the expansion and renovation of King Edward VI School in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Comprising two phases of works led by G ...

20 November, 2020
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40 schools a month hit by fires in the last year, just 2% had sprinklers

|Date: 5 November, 2020

40 schools a month hit by fires in the last year, just 2% had sprinklers

A new study from Zurich Municipal reveals 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in 2019, a stag ...

A new study from Zurich Municipal reveals 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in 2019, a staggering 40 incidents every month. As a result, almost 20,000[i] school children have had their e ...

5 November, 2020
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Baxi Heating Comment: Schools – don’t forget the heating!

|Date: 23 October, 2020

Baxi Heating Comment: Schools – don’t forget the heating!

Andy Green, Technical Director at Baxi Heating, offers half term tips to ensure that our schools can rely ...

Andy Green, Technical Director at Baxi Heating, offers half term tips to ensure that our schools can rely on a reliable and efficient heating and hot water system as we head into winter. As schools pr ...

23 October, 2020
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Pupils at Merkinch Primary School in Inverness thank Robertson Construction for their new school

|Date: 9 October, 2020

Pupils at Merkinch Primary School in Inverness thank Robertson Construction for their new school

The Robertson Construction team behind the new Merkinch Primary School received a socially distanced than ...

The Robertson Construction team behind the new Merkinch Primary School received a socially distanced thank you from around 350 pupils and staff following the handover of the building. The new primary ...

9 October, 2020
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£60m redevelopment of one of UK’s largest independent schools completes

|Date: 9 October, 2020

£60m redevelopment of one of UK’s largest independent schools completes

The multi-million-pound redevelopment of one of the largest independent schools in the UK has completed, ...

The multi-million-pound redevelopment of one of the largest independent schools in the UK has completed, delivering state-of-the-art facilities for students in Macclesfield. The King’s School employs ...

9 October, 2020
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Insights — Neurodiversity | Designing for the mind

|Date: 7 October, 2020

Insights — Neurodiversity | Designing for the mind

Despite the widespread emphasis on creating accessible public spaces, the current design guidelines focus ...

Despite the widespread emphasis on creating accessible public spaces, the current design guidelines focus overwhelmingly on people with physical disabilities. Here, Janet Lowe, Head of Marketing UK ...

7 October, 2020
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