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BAM appointed to North East Priority School Building Programme


plus Whickham School in Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham Community Business College. The combined value of the schools is approximately £67 million. Tony Fitzgerald, Project Director for


BAM, said: “What we sought to do is listen carefully and understand the requirements and aspirations of the ESFA and the school to ensure we provide a high quality and efficient design solution to meet their needs, but also provide the ESFA with value for money.” Lead architect is Ryder with whom the


BAM region has won schools before, while BAM Design (Architecture & Structures) is appointed to undertake two of the schools in the batch and BAM Design (MEP) three schools. ESFA Project Manager Andrew


bidder for the batch of five secondary schools following a competitive process under the Capital Framework North East


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AM Construction has been appointed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency as preferred


Batch A of priority schools. The sample school in the batch is Kepier


in Houghton Le Spring. The future schools include two secondary schools in Hartlepool - English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College and High Tunstall College of Science,


Mowforth said that BAM has worked very well with the school staff and the ESFA to produce an excellent design on the site and looked forward to working with BAM during the construction of the new school building.


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Creative arts centre for Sherborne Girls School on target for 2019 completion


creative arts centre for Sherborne Girls School, in Dorset. The independent school has a strong


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focus on music, and the new arts centre will create an outstanding facility for the school and draw in musicians and audiences from beyond the immediate school community which will allow for the staging of professional productions. Designed by architects Burrell Foley


Fischer, the multi-million pound building will transform both practice and performance; providing flexible, high-quality recital space, sound proofed practice rooms and fully equipped recording studios. The centre will ‘sit low’ on the campus, as the site slopes southwards, ensuring that views to the hills from the existing buildings will not be lost. The arts centre will be housed in a


striking timber framed building which will provide new facilities for music, and a


ORGAN Sindall has started work on a £6 million project to construct a new state-of-the-art


new home for drama in the converted existing music school. It will also create a physical link to the school’s art department. Joining all three departments will be a generous foyer, providing prominent display space for art and a central meeting place for the whole school community. Andy Duff, managing director at


Morgan Sindall in the South, said: “Our team is very excited to begin work on this prestigious and intricate project, which has been awarded thanks to Morgan Sindall’s outstanding reputation in the education sector. We look forward to working with the school and providing them with a world-class facility which will give the pupils the facilities they need to thrive creatively.” Headmistress Mrs Jenny Dwyer, said:


“We are delighted to be working with Morgan Sindall on this very exciting project. This new building brings the key creative areas of school life together, to provide an inspirational hub at the heart


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of the school.” The project team will also replace the


tennis courts on a site immediately south of the Stuart Centre, updating these to deliver an improved, modern surface and ensuring adequate wind protection. The build programme is expected to


complete in spring 2019. www.morgansindall.com


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