EDUCATION & SCHOOL FACILITIES CONSIGNING
DRAUGHTY HUTS TO THE HISTORY BOOKS
While most people can’t remember all the things they
learnt at school, one memory that will have stayed with many of us is the draughty temporary classrooms that have been a feature of the British education system
since the 1950s. Fortunately, modern pupils don’t have to face the same issues, says Sean Canty, Director at CAM Specialist Support.
Modular buildings now offer the option of cost-effective temporary buildings with contemporary amenities. Developments mean that these temporary structures are no longer ‘glorified sheds’. In fact, the Modular Building Institute says that: “modular construction companies today can work with levels of design and construction sophistication that will exceed all expectations, rivalling their conventional counterparts.”
If you want a productive and stimulating learning environment, it needs to be safe, clean and temperature-controlled. A modern modular building offers all of these attributes and can be a great short or long-term option for schools where existing classrooms are not up to standard, or more room is needed. They offer flexibility and cost-effectiveness, valuable assets to any school.
FASTER, CHEAPER
AND GREENER Time is usually an important factor when schools are looking to increase classroom capacity or replace existing modular buildings. A major advantage of modular buildings is
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that they are constructed off-site concurrently with the preparation and foundation work. This can cut project times in half. Weather delays – the curse of many a building project – are also all but eliminated, as the majority of the build takes place inside a factory.
Constructing the buildings off-site brings health and safety benefits and considerably reduces site disruption. This makes it easier to keep pupils and construction hazards apart.
Of course, modular buildings don’t have to be used as classrooms. They can be fitted out as toilets, changing rooms, kitchens or any other facility required by the school. Nor is their flexibility limited to how they are designed and where they can be located. New materials and techniques mean they can now be refurbished, saving even more time and potentially tens of thousands of pounds over the cost of buying new or building a traditional classroom.
There are environmental benefits to refurbishment too. Reusing material from existing modular buildings reduces the amount of waste going to landfill along with transport costs and emissions. The insulation
improvements also result in a more pleasant teaching and learning setting, with reduced running costs and lower carbon emissions.
SPACES FOR PUPILS
ARE THE PRIORITY The Priority School Building Programme will go some way to addressing the shortage of places in many areas around the country, but temporary buildings will continue to play an important role for many schools. However, thanks to new techniques and materials, the draughty, basic school huts from our memories can be consigned to the history books.
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