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projects: pre & post planning
New educational facilities planned for Kingshurst Academy.
New teaching block for CTC
City Technology College (CTC) Kingshurst Academy is to build new educational facilities and
refurbish existing teaching accommodation at its North Solihull site.
K
INGSHURST was one of the UK’s first essential to the success of the project, finishes to its façade including brick,
CTCs when it opened in 1988 and has with careful phasing of the works render, large areas of glazing and various
over 1,500 students ranging from 11 schedule to enable partial occupation of types of cladding panel.
to 19 years of age. The redevelopment will the new buildings prior to the demolition The single-storey training block will
enable the College to bring together a of an existing 1960s prefabricated single- feature an ICT suite, childcare teaching
range of departments within purpose- storey teaching block. area, interview rooms, administrative
built, modern teaching accommodation. Facilities within the new four-storey offices and a student’s social area.
The £10.5m project will see ISG build a teaching block include a large information Externally, extensive landscaping will
new steel frame, four-storey teaching centre, study areas and classrooms create a new central plaza, form a new
block, as well as a traditionally across the ground floor, with ICT, English, car park and drop off/collection area,
constructed single-storey training block Media Studies, Humanities, Early Years and along with a sustainable drainage system.
on an existing car park area at the Art departments located across the upper
northern corner of the site. Minimising three levels. The distinctive new building
www.isgplc.com
disruption to both students and staff is will feature a range of architectural
UWE engages stakeholders
in campus plans
The masterplanning project
for University of West
M
ACE GROUP is providing project and public leaflets to ensure that anyone
management services on the interested knows what is going on and
masterplan project which will can respond to and be part of the
England’s main Frenchay
provide the framework for a £150m ongoing discussions as the
programme of development over the masterplanning project progresses. The
campus site has reached
next ten years. UWE masterplanning team will continue
Mace is helping the University’s estates to work up its proposals ready for more
the end of its strategic team to engage and involve staff, public consultation in October leading to
options stage.
students and the local community in a final masterplan being submitted to
shaping the future plans for the whole South Gloucestershire Council at the end
campus through a series of consultation of the year.
events over the coming months. An University of West England has recently
exhibition of the latest proposals was set acquired 70 acres of development land from
up in July and staff, students and visitors its neighbour, Hewlett Packard, providing
were encouraged to attend to discuss an opportunity to completely transform
the proposals. Other events also included the institution. How much of this land will
a workshop for key external stakeholders be developed is one of the questions which
followed by an open exhibition for local will be addressed by the masterplan. UWE
neighbours and businesses. has 28,000 students, an annual turnover
of £200m and is thought to be the largest
Communications online virtual learning campus-based
The consultation events are part of a university in the UK.
wider communications exercise, including
using a dedicated website,
www.macegroup.com
e-communications, university publications
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