BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT
and pitches that can be used all year round. Add to this the potential for making the spaces accessible by the local community and you have both increased capacity and a great source of regular, income that isn’t weather dependent. You can go further if you want to and add separate areas for changing
facilities, lockers and refreshments area and include lighting to create more of a club feel. There are, of course, options to upgrade the floor or equipment. We also offer a really affordable floor option via tiles that clip together and come complete with court markings – like a huge sports jigsaw! This makes replacing your existing floor another easy upgrade if you choose to. However if you just want to make more of what you already have, a canopy is a great solution. The main thing is, in making the most of existing sports space, you don’t
Make the most of your sports facilities
Comment by SHAUN STEPHENS, Business Manager, Smart-Space
A really clever way of increasing the sports facilities within a school or college setting is to throw a cover over something that already exists to extend its play time. Consider most hard courts where netball or tennis is typically played. They’re used for just a small part of the year thanks to our inclement British weather. But, with beautiful simplicity, you can easily, quickly and inexpensively add a canopy or temporary building over it to reap all the benefits of all-weather play. We have worked with many educational establishments in the spirit of recycling and maximising an existing investment to create outdoor courts
need to start digging footings or making huge investments. The sports coverings can be temporary or permanent, hired or bought. With Smart- Space you can change your mind at any point of the process and buy it outright if you feel it’s going to be working for you longer term and it makes better financial sense. Summer sports don’t need to stop during the winter. Your fanatical
footballers, cricket devotees and tennis enthusiasts can carry on training twelve months of the year – an absolute necessity for serious athletes. It also puts your school on the map for being able to share its facilities with neighbouring teams. Unless you go the whole hog and choose to add heating, playing in a
covered space provides many of the benefits of being outside. Your players can enjoy plenty of space, fresh air and unlimited access whilst avoiding the downside of wet, slippery or muddy sports facilities. Talk to Smart-Space about the different options. We have lots of
experience of providing this kind of service to schools: working safely and with full responsibility for our directly employed team whilst on site. It’s a win-win for everyone.
Deanestor delivers £1m contract to fitout the largest new school project in scotland
D
eanestor delivers £1m contract to fitout the largest new school project in scotland The £68m, 2,500-pupil school is the largest
capital project ever undertaken by East Ayrshire Council. Designed Sheppard Robson, it has consolidated five separate schools into one inclusive campus and features state-of-the-art teaching, sporting and community facilities. Four linked structures accommodate a
secondary school for 1,633 pupils, a 517-pupil primary school, a 119-place early childhood centre, an 80-pupil supported learning facility and 30 additional places for children with special educational needs. There is also a sports centre, community café, meeting rooms, recording studio, theatre space, enterprise kitchen for catering, and project space for textiles, crafts and pottery. Deanestor fitted out 324 rooms across the 23,000 sqm campus,
helping to create an outstanding learning environment. This has included the manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture such as 117 primary and secondary learning walls, 1,800 storage cabinets, 1,500m of linear worktops, lockers, benching for the sports facilities and kitchens for three food technology laboratories. Adjustable-height tables throughout the campus were designed to meet DDA requirements and there is a kitchen for the life skills room. Commenting on the project, Alistair Kidd, Project Planning and
Resource Manager at East Ayrshire Council, said, “Deanestor has done a first class job of taking our design intent for The Barony Campus and
turning this into a physical reality on site.” “The teaching walls, demonstration desks
and other bespoke furniture have been manufactured by Deanestor and to a high standard. This has really added to the quality of the overall finishes within the school and the learning environment. It was a pleasure working with the Deanestor team, particularly on site. Their attention to detail was crucial to delivering such an outstanding campus facility.” John Allan, Project Director at Morrison
Construction, said, “Deanestor has a good reputation in the education sector and in
Scotland. They are a valuable member of the Morrison supply chain and this project was delivered to their usual high standards. This was a major and complex fitout. Deanestor performed well, were easy to work with and the quality of their furniture is very good. The teaching staff and children are absolutely delighted with the new facilities.” “The Deanestor team also helped us to address the challenges of the
Covid situation. Their factory remained fully operational throughout the lockdowns which meant fitout could progress very quickly once construction sites in Scotland were permitted to re-open.”
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