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modular & alternative buildings
Urgent need for extra
classrooms
There is a chronic shortage of places in primary schools in some parts of England, with
London and the West Midlands among the hardest hit.
T
HE GOVERNMENT’S recent £200m access issues by providing a structure
rescue package will enable local that is fully erected on-site and set to
authorities to build new classrooms, work on designing a bright, comfortable
however with money unlikely to be available and modern space that would encourage
before next April 2010, the benefits won’t pupils to learn. The classroom was used
be felt until 2011. by five and six year old children for a
In an effort to meet the immediate needs total of 11 months.
for extra classroom space, some schools Accio Group has since developed
•The shortage most affects
– in both public and private sectors – have structures suitable for permanent
places for four and five-year-olds
turned to modern temporary structures. installation. Similar in concept to the
When Milbourne Lodge Junior School in temporary solutions, a permanent •London Councils have reported a
Esher, Surrey began to plan for additional structure can be delivered with full shortfall of 2,250 places in this
facilities, access issues at the school ancillary support. This can include air financial year
meant trees would need to be removed conditioning, CCTV, facilities management,
or a road closed to allow a crane to lower lighting, power distribution, refrigeration
•This is expected to rise to 5,000
a structure into place. Obtaining units and sanitation.
next year and to 18,300 by 2014.
permission from the local council for
either of these options was unlikely.
www.acciogroup.com
Accio Group suggested overcoming the
Timber and steel hybrid
B
IRCHEN Coppice Primary School in engineered timber, the school will
Kidderminster is an example of primarily be heated using a zero carbon
timber and steel hybrid biomass boiler. A broad range of
construction. Designed by Worcestershire community facilities are being provided on
Council’s in-house architects and built by site, including a café, rentable office and
B & K Structures, the £6m school studio spaces.
features 125 tonnes of steel integrated
with 111 cubic m of glulam timber.
www.bkts.co.uk
Adding to the sustainable benefits of
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