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McAvoy awarded contract for art, design and technology centre

|Date: 12 November, 2019

McAvoy awarded contract for art, design and technology centre

Offsite specialist The McAvoy Group has been awarded a £5.5m contract for the offsite construction of a n ...

Offsite specialist The McAvoy Group has been awarded a £5.5m contract for the offsite construction of a new three-storey Art, Design and Technology Centre at The Deepings School near Peterborough. Bui ...

12 November, 2019
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Special Report | Improving internal school environments

|Date: 11 November, 2019

Special Report | Improving internal school environments

Matthew Evans discusses the importance of good building design and offers advice on how specifiers can im ...

Matthew Evans discusses the importance of good building design and offers advice on how specifiers can improve ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality within schools to create buildings th ...

11 November, 2019
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A seismic transformation for construction

|Date: 10 October, 2019

A seismic transformation for construction

Richard Crosby, Director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could tr ...

Richard Crosby, Director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could transform the way schools are designed, procured and built offsite. The innovations developed by ...

10 October, 2019
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New educational chapter on the horizon for Houlton

|Date: 4 October, 2019

New educational chapter on the horizon for Houlton

Rugby Borough Council granted planning permission for Houlton School on Friday 27th September, enabling w ...

Rugby Borough Council granted planning permission for Houlton School on Friday 27th September, enabling works to begin on Rugby’s newest secondary school. The new facility will see Houlton’s Grade II- ...

4 October, 2019
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Conlon Construction completes £7.3m school extension and renovation

|Date: 18 September, 2019

Conlon Construction completes £7.3m school extension and renovation

Conlon Construction delivers £7.3m extension and renovation project to delighted students and staff of No ...

Conlon Construction delivers £7.3m extension and renovation project to delighted students and staff of North Cestrian School in Altrincham. Work on the school was completed over 18 months and involved ...

18 September, 2019
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Derelict football stadium transformed into school

|Date: 3 September, 2019

Derelict football stadium transformed into school

A disused football stadium has been redeveloped to create a new, modern educational facility that will he ...

A disused football stadium has been redeveloped to create a new, modern educational facility that will help to meet future demand for secondary and sixth form school places in the London Borough of Ba ...

3 September, 2019
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Works complete on new £5.2m primary school in Cannock

|Date: 29 August, 2019

Works complete on new £5.2m primary school in Cannock

Works have now completed on a new £5.2m primary school by regional contractor G F Tomlinson. The school i ...

Works have now completed on a new £5.2m primary school by regional contractor G F Tomlinson. The school is set to open this September serving youngsters from nearby housing developments. Construction ...

29 August, 2019
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astudio completes £15m The Kingston Academy regeneration project

|Date: 22 August, 2019

astudio completes £15m The Kingston Academy regeneration project

Award-winning architectural practice astudio is pleased to announce the completion of the £15m The Kingst ...

Award-winning architectural practice astudio is pleased to announce the completion of the £15m The Kingston Academy regeneration project, which now also sees the school open to the public as community ...

22 August, 2019
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Tower Hamlets Carbon Offset Fund for LED upgrade will help to deliver £8.8K annual savings

|Date: 6 August, 2019

Tower Hamlets Carbon Offset Fund for LED upgrade will help to deliver £8.8K annual savings

Lansbury Lawrence Primary School is on track to significantly reduce its annual energy use following an u ...

Lansbury Lawrence Primary School is on track to significantly reduce its annual energy use following an upgrade to LED lighting financed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets’ Carbon Offset Fund. Lan ...

6 August, 2019
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Seismic Consortium innovations for school design and construction hailed as trailblazer

|Date: 11 July, 2019

Seismic Consortium innovations for school design and construction hailed as trailblazer

The results of a pioneering new consortium which set out to transform the way primary schools are designe ...

The results of a pioneering new consortium which set out to transform the way primary schools are designed, procured and built have been unveiled at a launch event in London and have been hailed as a ...

11 July, 2019
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