Design of new classrooms, IT suite and training facility for high school

We were appointed to act as architects on a Design and Build contract. The brief was to create new build school classrooms, IT suite and training teaching facility.

Key features

• Establishing a clear Client Brief and identifying the key stakeholders and their requirements.
• The project had to be completed during the summer holiday period and in a limited financial budget.
• Identifying risks to the project, innovating and mitigating risks. For example, existing drainage needed identifying and diverting within a tight budget.
• Establishing pragmatic sustainable solutions to generate excellent quality larger classroom spaces.
• Providing low maintenance and low life cycle costs.

Outcome

We delivered the service within a tight time frame and limited budget. We successfully value engineered all aspects of the design to make sure it remained solutions focused. Smarter procurement delivered significant savings.

We exceeded the key project principals and objectives set out at the beginning and added value by:-

• Successfully managing risk planning outcome.
• Designing excellent classroom spaces.
• Low maintenance materials.