13 November 2009
Capita Symonds is involved in four projects that have
scooped awards at the Partnerships for Schools’ (PfS) Excellence in
BSF Awards last night.
The Awards celebrate achievement across all areas of the
national Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme which will
help improve the life chances of 3.3m young people a year.
A panel of expert judges, including
representatives from the design community, construction industry,
educationalists, students and BSF delivery partners, selected the
best projects in 18 categories.
The winning projects were –
1) Education for All Award:
Lancashire County Council for Pendle Vale College and
Pendle High School
The £29m Pendle Vale College and Pendle Vale
High School site (pictured above) in Nelson brings together two
schools under one roof with the aim of achieving greater
integration between the two. The sloping site has been used to
create a new local landmark with a building that rises in tiers to
four storeys and is capped by a sweeping roofline. Sports pitches
and indoor sports resources are all built to Sports England
standards to support the school's aims to achieve specialist sports
college status.
Capita Symonds provided lead consultant, architecture, education
services, cost management, structural engineering, landscape
design, DDA, fire and acoustics services on the project as part of
the Catalyst Lend Lease consortium which is delivering the
Lancashire BSF scheme with Lancashire County Council.
2) Community Hub Award:
Catalyst Lend Lease for Burnley Campus,
Lancashire
The £31m Burnley Campus contains schools for
both sixth form and primary students; a 50-place nursery and
children's centre; a library and faith centre; all-weather sports
pitches; fitness centre; climbing wall; sports hall; and
hydrotherapy pool.
Capita Symonds provided lead consultant,
education services, cost management, structural engineering,
landscape design, DDA, fire and acoustics services on the project
which is also part of Lancashire BSF.
3) Buildings Beyond Schools Award:
inspiredspaces STaG LEP for
Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre, South Tyneside and
Gateshead
Capita Symonds is a member of the
inspiredspaces consortium which is part of the Local
Education Partnership (LEP) overseeing the BSF programme along with
Partnerships for Schools, South Tyneside and Gateshead Councils,
and Royal Bank of Scotland.
The company is providing full
multidisciplinary design services from offices in Durham, Carlisle
and Glasgow on the Thomas Hepburn Community and Heworth Grange
Comprehensive Schools in Gateshead.
4) Local Education Partnership of the
Year: inspiredspaces Nottingham
Ltd
Capita Symonds is part of the
‘inspiredspaces’ consortium that is playing an integral
role in Nottingham City Council's Building Schools for the Future
(BSF) programme. Eight schools are being delivered in the current
wave of the programme, primarily through new build but also via
refurbishment and remodelling programmes.
The company is providing strategic partnering,
educational, building design and architectural services on the
programme.
Capita Symonds' architecture division Capita
Architecture was also shortlisted under the 'Best Design for a New
School' (Big Wood School, Nottingham - pictured above) and 'Best
Design for a Remodelled School' (Hadden Park High School,
Nottingham) categories - both schemes part of Nottingham
BSF.
For the full list of Excellence in BSF
Award winners
visit the PfS website