Harmonize Academy will provide an inclusive and progressive school environment for students who have failed to thrive in mainstream education. Occupying a former school, which was then converted to house council offices and the Fairfield Centre community centre, ISG will transform the office element of the two-storey building to create the new Academy. The existing community centre will remain and continue to be fully operational throughout the duration of the project.
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The programme has been designed to enable the school to open to a new in-take of 48 students in September 2013 and up to 104 by 2015, but also includes a sectional completion for handover of four completed classrooms by mid-April. At this point, students already enrolled at Harmonize Academy will move across from current temporary premises to the new building.
In addition to a general upgrade of the accommodation, including redecoration, improved ventilation systems and new toilet cubicles, ISG will install a new commercial kitchen, fire escape staircase and lift. The original caretaker’s accommodation, which forms part of the main school building, will also be remodelled to create a dance studio and music recording facility.
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