Friday 26 February 2010
Students and teachers got a glimpse of the new sixth form building today when the contractor gave a tour of the building. Inside the building the walls are erected and first fix services installed, so the layout of the building is now very clear as you walk around. The internal partitions are metal stud partitions which allows them to be built quickly and then sound insulated...
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Friday 29 January 2010
The gutters to the sixth form building have been tested and, with no leaks, the profiled bullnose eaves are now being fitted. The profiled eaves conceal the gutters around the edge of the roof and form a neat profile to the roof of the building. In this photograph you can also see the sun pipes on the roof that will bring natural light deep into the centre of the building.
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Friday 15 January 2010
Happy New Year!
While the school has been shut because of heavy snow for most of the first week of term, the builder has tried to keep the site open; only closing for a day or so. The heavy snow and low temperatures have affected progress for the science extension, which still needs its masonry completed...
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Thursday 17 December 2009
Over the last month lots has been happening... As soon as the primary steel frame was fire proofed the lightweight steel frame followed closely behind and is being erected between the main steel frame. The whole structure is being covered by a cement fibre board that is taped ready for the waterproof layer and insulation that will cover the whole external envelope of the building.
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Thursday 19 November 2009
The steel decking is being laid onto the primary steel structure to form the decking for the roofs of the new sixth form block. The decking comes in large profiled sheets and on windy days it is difficult to handle these sheets safely. Let’s hope that we do not have too many days of strong winds.
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Thursday 22 October 2009
All the steel work is on site and being completed to both the new sixth form building and the science extension. While the steelwork to Phase 2 Lower block is being erected, the reinforcement is being laid for the concrete ground bearing slab to the upper block. These will reinforce the ground floor slab over ground that has clay in it.
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Wednesday 07 October 2009
An important focus for the design team has been to make sure that the new buildings make appropriate use of energy-efficient technologies. This is intended to make the buildings cheaper to run, and to reduce their predicted carbon emissions, which involves extracting energy from a renewable source instead of from fossil fuels such as gas, coal or oil.
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Thursday 24 September 2009
The Phase 1 steel frame, for the upper block of the new sixth form, arrived on site on Wednesday 16 September and is now nearly completed. You can see the circular columns that support the canopy over the main entrance and the curved steels of the double height lobby area. The majority of the frame will be concealed within the fabric of the building.
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Wednesday 09 September 2009
The main contractor has worked incredibly hard during the school’s summer holiday period and has completed the car park works in time for all school coaches, staff and visitor vehicles to enter the site on the first day of the school’s autumn term. Temporary barriers were erected to allow the coaches to drop off students safely...
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Thursday 27 August 2009
Work is progressing well on site and, with the good weather that we are currently experiencing, the new car park should be completed in time for the students returning to school for their autumn term. The new wearing course (the final top layer) is being laid and the car parking bays can then be marked out so that staff and visitors are able to park on the site.
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Thursday 13 August 2009
If you have passed the school during the summer holiday period you will have noticed a lot of activity along the front of the school. Trenches for underground services and drainage are being dug and some of the pipes are being laid. A new temporary car park has been created for staff and visitors, for use during the construction of the new sixth form building...
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