Croydon Council’s £16m rebuild of The Quest Academy will be completed by Wates Construction in just 56 weeks, the contractor said.
The new building is to go up alongside the existing school, which will then be demolished. School capacity is 900 pupils aged 11 to 16 years and 215 in the sixth form.
Wates will also build a combined facility to bring together Monks Hills Sports Centre and a community facility.
Wates’ ADAPT Schools Solutions model was designed in partnership with CPMG Architects. It uses prefabricated off-site construction to reduce costs by 23% on average and speed construction by 21%, it is claimed.
Work on the project should start this summer, subject to planning permission, with completion scheduled for the new academic year in September 2014.
Wates Construction regional managing director Ian Vickers said: “Throughout the design process we have kept an open book approach with both the Academy and Croydon Council and this partnership will deliver a flexible teaching facility that will continue to meet the future educational needs of the Academy. The project will become a true testament to how Wates and CPMG’s ADAPT schools solutions model can facilitate the cost and time efficient delivery of high-quality, inspirational learning environments.”
The project, which formed part of the government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, was procured via the Education Funding Agency (EFA) Contractors’ Framework. The new building has been jointly funded by the EFA and Croydon Council.
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