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13/08/2014
ISG Appointed To Redevelop Creative Arts Building
ISG is to redevelop the former University for the Creative Arts building in Maidstone.
The £12 million project involves internal and external refurbishment to create teaching facilities for MidKent College as part of its enlarged Maidstone campus.
Acquired in 2012, the former University for the Creative Arts building will enable MidKent College to further extend its higher education offer and enhance provision and capacity at its Maidstone campus. ISG will completely transform the external appearance of the now dated building, installing attractive timber cladding to six elevations to complement the existing main campus facility. The building will be re-roofed with a new high-performance membrane system and a key focus for the project sees ISG significantly enhance the thermal performance of the structure, to maximise energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.
Internally, ISG will carry out extensive remodelling of the existing accommodation, reconfiguring the space to create high-specification teaching areas, laboratories, along with break out areas. Advanced construction and engineering workshops will be created, alongside art studios and a creative media suite, as well as training kitchens and a restaurant and bar area. All mechanical and electrical systems will be stripped out and replaced with modern, highly efficient services. This major retrofit exercise includes the installation of a sustainable biomass boiler and an energy efficient LED lighting system operated via an advanced building management system.
Providing a full turnkey package, ISG will carry out the interior fit out to a high standard, installing acoustic flooring within all classroom areas, as well as installing new floor, ceiling and wall finishes throughout the building. The contractor will source and install all fixtures, furniture and equipment, including the provision of interactive whiteboards in teaching areas. Externally, ISG will create a new car park with bicycle shelters in front of the new building, working sensitively around an extensive tree preservation zone to protect the mature trees that surround the site.
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The £12 million project involves internal and external refurbishment to create teaching facilities for MidKent College as part of its enlarged Maidstone campus.
Acquired in 2012, the former University for the Creative Arts building will enable MidKent College to further extend its higher education offer and enhance provision and capacity at its Maidstone campus. ISG will completely transform the external appearance of the now dated building, installing attractive timber cladding to six elevations to complement the existing main campus facility. The building will be re-roofed with a new high-performance membrane system and a key focus for the project sees ISG significantly enhance the thermal performance of the structure, to maximise energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.
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Internally, ISG will carry out extensive remodelling of the existing accommodation, reconfiguring the space to create high-specification teaching areas, laboratories, along with break out areas. Advanced construction and engineering workshops will be created, alongside art studios and a creative media suite, as well as training kitchens and a restaurant and bar area. All mechanical and electrical systems will be stripped out and replaced with modern, highly efficient services. This major retrofit exercise includes the installation of a sustainable biomass boiler and an energy efficient LED lighting system operated via an advanced building management system.
Providing a full turnkey package, ISG will carry out the interior fit out to a high standard, installing acoustic flooring within all classroom areas, as well as installing new floor, ceiling and wall finishes throughout the building. The contractor will source and install all fixtures, furniture and equipment, including the provision of interactive whiteboards in teaching areas. Externally, ISG will create a new car park with bicycle shelters in front of the new building, working sensitively around an extensive tree preservation zone to protect the mature trees that surround the site.
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