BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT Comment by Jamie Southam, Head of Sports and Specialist Structures at Smart-Space
At Smart-Space we promote a number of beliefs that tend
to raise eyebrows but really please our customers. We honestly believe you should build a sports hall from the inside out, spending as much of your budget as you can on its facilities and flooring. We don’t agree with unnecessary spend on architects and designers where there is simply no need. And we love to work with specialists who know their stuff to result in a collaboration that works for the school every time. With the types of building we can provide there isn’t a need for
Being the best of the best “
too – we can extend, reduce, add additional facilities, changing rooms, refectories and canteen space at a later date if required or when additional funding allows. This level of flexibility isn’t easy with a traditional build and is one of the big advantages of the modular units we install. The concept of teams comes into its own as we bring together
some of the UK’s finest sports providers such as Dynamik who we’ve worked with to provide stunning, hard-wearing and flexible flooring solutions. We have invested in a lot of in-house expertise from compliance to planning. My own personal passion includes court sports such as padel and tennis. It’s the multitude of skills and experience that we bring together that makes a Smart-Space building a popular choice. Our solutions for schools also hinge on being hard-working. We
external design professionals, quantity surveyors or structural engineers. We can supply a lightweight steel building that meets all required local authority guidelines and building regulations. Our own compliance and surveying teams complete all the checks, plans and paperwork required. We put the Head of Sport at the heart of the build so we can find out exactly what is needed from the space. The spec can be flexible
recently built a permanent sports facility that has been in use as the main school whilst the traditional bricks and mortar school is being built. Once the school is completed, the temporary classroom space will revert back to being used as a dedicated sports facility. We really enjoy that sort of challenge. Whatever is needed, we bring everyone together to make sure we
have the right team in place for the very best outcome.”
uJamie.southam@
smart-space.co.uk
MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION AND DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR ROCHDALE SCHOOL REBUILD
The plans were submitted by DPP Planning, with the project team also
including jmarchitects, Curtins and WSP. The project is part of the first phase of the Department for Education’s
School Rebuilding Programme, which is carrying out improvement works at 500 school and sixth form colleges across England over the next decade, transforming educational facilities for thousands. The new building will be net zero carbon in operation. Throughout its
delivery of the project, Morgan Sindall will deploy its Intelligent Solutions approach, which brings together digital and platform design capabilities with modern construction methods and innovative carbon reduction tools to create unique, sustainable, and inspiring places for its customers. Morgan Sindall’s in-house developed, digital carbon reduction tool
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organ Sindall Construction and the Department for Education have received planning consent from Rochdale Borough
Council to undertake a significant new build and refurbishment project at a local school. The council has granted its consent for Morgan Sindall to replace
outdated facilities at Newhouse Academy with a new two storey 16,100 sq m building with lobby and toilet facilities, along with associated plant and landscaping works. The new building will incorporate a four-court sports hall, PE store,
activity studio, drama studio, main hall, changing rooms, construction and design technology workshops, a dining hall, fitness studio, music rooms, science labs, graphics room, food technology room, and related spaces. The rear of the existing main school building dates from the 1960s and
will be demolished, with the water tank and substation block being refurbished. The front of the main school building that was rebuilt around 10 years ago is retained.
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CarboniCa, which helps decarbonise local communities for its customers, will also be used. This will measure whole life carbon emissions, ensuring potential carbon outputs can be managed and reduced during the design, construction and entire building lifecycle. Shaun Jones, Morgan Sindall’s area director for Greater Manchester,
said: “We’re really excited to have received approval for this project and can’t wait to get started. We plan to deliver a range of programmes that will bring to life the different elements that go into designing, constructing and managing a school project such as this. We hope the insights we share will spark the students’ curiosity about the construction industry, and perhaps inform their career choices that can be nurtured at this new facility.” Newhouse Academy is part of Hollingworth Learning Trust, catering for students aged 11 to 16 and has a capacity of 1,050.
uFor more information contact Tom Carlin at Influential on 07827957740 or email
Carlin@thisisinfluential.com.
January 2023
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