Construction News
16/08/2017
Morgan Sindall Starts Work On New Central Bedfordshire School
Morgan Sindall has started work on a new £6.1 million primary school in Central Bedfordshire.
The new Lower Wilbury Farm School is being built in Fairfield on behalf of developers Lochailort Fairfield.
The scheme is part of a wider residential and mixed-use development. Accommodating 300 pupils, features of the building will include 10 classrooms, offices, a kitchen, a library and a nursery provision for an additional 30 children aged between three and four.
In addition, a 180 sq m main hall will be developed with flexibility to be used by the local community outside of school hours. External works include an amphitheatre style seating area, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), play area for nursery children and a Football Association-spec sports pitch that will be shared between the school and local community.
Franklin, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: "School surroundings should reflect the adaptable and exciting nature of education and the unique outdoor learning facilities at Lower Wilbury Farm School will certainly adhere to that concept.
"We're proud to have been appointed to deliver this scheme and we're looking forward to working closely with Lochailort Fairfield Ltd, Central Bedfordshire Council and the local community to provide a high quality learning environment for future generations in Bedfordshire."
Hugo Haig, Director at Lochailort Fairfield, said: "We were delighted to work so closely with both the planning department at Central Bedfordshire Council as well as the education authority and to have been able to provide a carefully designed state-of-the-art two-form entry school that reflects the vernacular of Fairfield which will also provide much needed primary school spaces."
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The new Lower Wilbury Farm School is being built in Fairfield on behalf of developers Lochailort Fairfield.
The scheme is part of a wider residential and mixed-use development. Accommodating 300 pupils, features of the building will include 10 classrooms, offices, a kitchen, a library and a nursery provision for an additional 30 children aged between three and four.
In addition, a 180 sq m main hall will be developed with flexibility to be used by the local community outside of school hours. External works include an amphitheatre style seating area, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), play area for nursery children and a Football Association-spec sports pitch that will be shared between the school and local community.
Franklin, area director at Morgan Sindall, said: "School surroundings should reflect the adaptable and exciting nature of education and the unique outdoor learning facilities at Lower Wilbury Farm School will certainly adhere to that concept.
"We're proud to have been appointed to deliver this scheme and we're looking forward to working closely with Lochailort Fairfield Ltd, Central Bedfordshire Council and the local community to provide a high quality learning environment for future generations in Bedfordshire."
Hugo Haig, Director at Lochailort Fairfield, said: "We were delighted to work so closely with both the planning department at Central Bedfordshire Council as well as the education authority and to have been able to provide a carefully designed state-of-the-art two-form entry school that reflects the vernacular of Fairfield which will also provide much needed primary school spaces."
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