Category: Education

New build 900 student free school over 3 floors specialising in science, technology, enterprise and sport. The site is located on Otterburn Street, Runcorn, Halton WA7 1XU and has an approximate floor area of 7,230m².

The project was undertaken using BIM software and has proved successful with regards to early warning clash detection between the services, steelwork and structure.

Project Team

Client: Sandymoor Free School
Main Contractor: Kier
Architect: Halliday Meecham
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart
Structural: Mott MacDonald
Acoustic Consultant: WSP
Quantity Surveyor: Kier

Project Value:

MEP Services: £2.2M

Services

VRF and Air Conditioning
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Natural ventilation
Gas fired radiant heating
External Main Water and Fire Hydrant
AV – Soundfield Systems and Induction Loops
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems
Lightning Protection
External Floodlighting to Games Area

New build 900 student academy over 2 floors specialising in mathematics and computing.  Inclusion of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system to feed the domestic hot water and a proportion of the heating reducing the CO2 emissions from regulated and unregulated energy by at least 10% through low carbon energy sources.

Project Team

Client: Kearsley Academy
Main Contractor: BAM Construction
Architect: Taylor Young
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart
Quantity Surveyor: Bam Construction

BREEAM: Very Good

Project Value:

MEP Services: £2.0M

Services

VRF and Air Conditioning
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Combined Heating and Power
External Main Water and Fire Hydrant
AV – Soundfield Systems and Induction Loops
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems
Lightning Protection
External Floodlighting to Games Area

New build 1,900 student Academy located on Grange Lane, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 2BT. The Academy includes

60 classrooms with flexible learning spaces; a 400-seat theatre in the Performing Arts Centre; Learning Resource Centre; outstanding sports facilities; science labs; drama and dance studios; music rehearsal rooms; media suites; a Sixth Form Centre; art studios; and technology workshops.

Windows and Mac-based PCs are available across the Academy, Apple TV and large HDMI, flat-screen televisions also feature in all classrooms.

The project was undertaken using BIM software and has proved successful with regards to early warning clash detection between the services and structure.

Project Team

Client: Winsford E-ACT Academy
Main Contractor: Kier
Architect: BDP
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart
Structural: WSP
Acoustic Consultant: WSP
Quantity Surveyor: Kier

Project Value:

MEP Services: £4.1M

Services

VRF and Air Conditioning
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Natural ventilation
Gas fired radiant heating
External Main Water and Fire Hydrant
AV – Soundfield Systems and Induction Loops
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems
Lightning Protection
External Floodlighting to Games Area
Photovoltaic’s

The project included the construction of a new 2-storey 6th form block within the existing sites footprint together with a new 2-storey extension to the existing school to house a music and arts department.

Project Team

Client: Cheadle High School
Main Contractor: Kier
Architect: Pozzoni
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart

Project Value

MEP Services: £1,100,000.00

Services

Air Conditioning
Heating
Ventilation
Domestic Services
Drainage
BMS
Lighting
LV Power
Fire Alarm
Security
AV

The site is located at the former West Yorkshire Fire Service site, Nelson Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0EZ. The site comprises an area of approximately 8,000m2 and was previously occupied by the redundant West Yorkshire Fire Service station. The site is bound on all sides by industrial developments with Caledonia Street to the north, Gordon Street to the east, Duinen Street to the south, and Nelson Street to the West.

The internal floor area of the new school is approximately 2,550m² and has a capacity for 525 pupils aged 4-11.

Project Team

Client: Rainbow Free School
Main Contractor: Kier
Architect: Halliday Clark
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart
Structural: Curtins
Acoustic Consultant: WSP
Quantity Surveyor: Kier

Project Value:

MEP Services: £1.0M

Services

High-efficiency gas fire boilers
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Natural ventilation
AV – Soundfield Systems and Induction Loops
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems
Lightning Protection
External Floodlighting to Games Area
Photo Voltaics

New build 600 student college located on Beaufort Road, Ashton Under Lyne.

Engineering teaching spaces including CNC Workshop; Motorsports; Pneumatics Laboratory; Logic Control Workshop; Green Technologies Classroom; Maintenance Workshop; Engineering Workshop; Active Learning Zone.

The project was undertaken using BIM software and has proved successful with regards to early warning clash detection between the services and structure.

Project Team

Client: Tameside College
Main Contractor: Kier
Architect: IBI Taylor Young
M&E Contractor: Lorne Stewart
Structural: Scott Hughes
Fire: Aecom
Quantity Surveyor: EC Harris

Project Value: 

MEP Services: £1.4M

Services

VRF and Air Conditioning
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Natural gas
Compressed air
Above ground drainage
Services diversions
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems
Lightning Protection
External Floodlighting to Games Area
Photovoltaic’s