Category: Schools
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Trio appointed to decarbonise UK schools
The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed Mace, Aecom and construction project management firm Barker as the delivery partners for a major project to decarbonise educational settings. The project will involve the installation of solar panels, plus other measures, including a “behaviour change” programme, to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in 141 schools and…
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‘We’re worried about a PFI schools handback’
This month’s question comes from a council liaising with a PFI consortium over a schools handback when the contract ends. Steven Carey and Amelia Hamilton explain the pitfalls to beware of. The question We are a local authority responsible for a number of schools in our area. The PFI contracts for some schools are due…
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Baxall’s learning curve on Islamic faith school
It’s the unique characteristics like this that have made this project an exceptional one, along with early engagement with the whole project team. By liaising with the DfE, our client, the school and the whole supply chain, we have been able to collaboratively create a project that we can all be proud of, and that…