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The recycled building arrives on site at Wymondham High School
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Designed by architects NPS Group, the facility was craned into position in just one day during the school holidays to minimise disruption to staff and students. The main contractor is Farrans (Construction) Ltd. The single-storey building will provide five seminar rooms for students studying a range of social science subjects, and sixth form facilities, including a break-out area, toilets and administration office.
Wymondham High School will take on Academy status from Autumn 2011 and the additional teaching accommodation is needed as the school caters for over 1,600 pupils, with 400 in the sixth form from the start of the new academic year.
Recycled buildings
All Foremans’ recycled modular buildings are fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, mechanical and electrical services, doors, flooring, and cladding, to create high quality accommodation for a wide variety of education applications.
The advantages of recycled and refurbished modular buildings for schools and colleges include:
- programme times reduced by up to 70%
- a highly cost-effective alternative to newbuild
- the buildings can easily be expanded, reconfigured or removed if accommodation requirements change
- off-site working is maximised for safer, quieter and cleaner sites and reduced disruption to teaching
- high quality steel-framed modular buildings are built to last and require fewer ground works than traditional site-based construction – further reducing cost, disruption and programme times.
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