Buildings, maintenance & refurbishment
£44 million off-site scheme starts on site in East London
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fter appearing at this year’s Education Show at the NEC we have been inundated with enquires from schools throughout the UK wishing to add something different and exciting to their playgrounds. Obesity is an ever growing problem in the UK and needs to be tackled at an early stage in a child’s development. Teachers are using the Outdoor Fitness Equipment as another part of the curriculum and even as a cross curriculum activity by getting children to measure their performances and transposing those results into graphs and pie charts in the classroom.
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he £44 million Riverside Schools off-site project – the largest ever in the education sector – has started on site in Barking. The scheme for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham was awarded to the Portakabin Group and is using a Yorkon off-site solution to deliver an innovative three-school campus. Now under construction, the
All equipment can be purchased using the PE and sport premium for primary schools government funding programme and Awards for All. The 7 Pieces shown (suitable for Key Stage 1 & 2) can be used by up to 13 students at one time and was delivered and installed together with the grass matting at a total cost of only £7,995.00p + VAT. Equipment includes Children’s Double Sit-Up Bench, Children’s Horse Rider, Children’s Double Strength Challenger, Children’s Double Slalom Skier, Children’s Waist Twister, Children’s Sky Stepper and Children’s Double Health Walker.
Free site survey by Register of Play Inspectors International level II qualified technicians.
01952 580520 Cost: £7,995.00p + VAT
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23,000sqm Riverside Schools campus will provide places for 2,645 children from 0-19 years on a six hectare site. The development will integrate provision for nursery, primary, special needs, secondary, and sixth form pupils, and will be operated by the multi-academy trust, Partnership Learning. Commenting at the ground breaking, Councillor Evelyn Carpenter, Cabinet Member for Education and Schools at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham said, “I am very proud of the team for progressing the project so robustly. The off-site solution will help us to very quickly meet the urgent need for school places and deliver more outstanding schools in a good quality and modern educational environment. This will add to our ongoing work to help every child in Barking and Dagenham realise their highest aspirations.” The project has been scheduled to complete the primary and SEN facilities at an earlier stage, in time for the start of the 2016/17 academic year to meet the urgent demand for places in the borough. The rest of the campus will be completed late Spring 2017.
The Riverside Schools scheme is being developed in the Barking Riverside regeneration area, which is close to Barking town centre and part of the Thames Gateway development. Early phases of substantial housebuilding have already been completed with further plans for 12,000 new homes increasing the need for education provision.
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Altro sets the bar high at university of Bath’s sports training village A
ltro safety flooring and hygienic wall cladding are providing the highest standard of safety, hygiene and aesthetics for athletes at the University of Bath’s renowned £30 million Sports Training Village (STV).
The STV is an indoor and outdoor facility that accommodates more than 50 sports and regularly hosts major international competitions, as well as being a world-class multi-sport training environment. There has been major investment in improving the facilities at the STV, including a £1.6m refit to the swimming pool, which included Altro WhiterockTM hygienic wall cladding in the changing area.
More recently, Altro Whiterock was chosen again, alongside Altro AquariusTM safety flooring, for the refurbishment of the dry changing areas. Altro Whiterock White is the hygienic alternative to tiles that’s impact resistant, grout-free and easy to clean. Its smooth white surface and classical purity make it a timeless choice for any interior. Made from a high-quality, food-safe PVCu polymer, Altro Whiterock can handle temperatures up to 60°C. It meets all current European Union (EU) Directives on health and hygiene. Altro Aquarius was developed to deliver optimum slip resistance in combined wet and dry areas, with shoes or bare feet — so it’s ideal for bathrooms and changing areas. Like all Altro safety flooring products, Altro Aquarius offers sustained
slip resistance for the lifetime of the product, keeping your risk of a slip to just one in a million. The 2mm range features plain and tonal chip options, including an on-trend indigo shade to help achieve high contrast and design flexibility. It’s also easy to clean, with Altro Easyclean Maxis PUR technology.
The Altro flooring and hygienic wall cladding was fitted by Quadrant Contract Flooring, who have use Altro products for more than 20 years. Quadrant Contracts Director Simon Allan, says: “In the past 10 years we have added Altro Whiterock to our portfolio, alongside Altro flooring, because we were getting so many enquiries that it made sense to offer both as part of our service.
“We specify Altro for the majority of our work because we believe it’s the best on the market. It’s British-made, so supply is always good, and the support we get from Altro is great.” Ikon Construction were the main contractor for the refurbishment at the STV. Operations Manager Mike Clements said: “We were very pleased with the quality of Quadrant’s installation of the Altro flooring and wall cladding. We work a great deal with Quadrant on a wide range of projects and they are always professional, co-operative and deliver a superb result.”
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www.education-today.co.uk January 2016
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