SUSTAINABILITY
N orthern Ireland-based offsite construction specialist, McAvoy, has been chosen to deliver a ground- breaking low carbon school for the Department for Education in England. The new £23.7m, two-to-three storey Merstham Park secondary school will provide 900 pupils with high quality classrooms plus play space, a dance studio and an all-weather sports pitch. INNOVATIVE OFFSITE PROCESS WILL REDUCE BUILD TIME WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON QUALITY… McAvoy chosen to deliver new£23.7m lowcarbon school
The £23.7m Merstham Park secondary school will comprise 178 individual modules built offsite by the McAvoy Group.
“Our innovative offsite technology means we can complete large- scale projects like this in a fraction of the time it would take to achieve a traditional build, without compromising at all on design, build performance or quality.” McAvoy is one of the leading offsite and MMC specialists in the UK and Ireland. It offers a full range of design, manufacturing, fit- out and construction services for the delivery and hire of modular buildings in the health, education, commercial and infrastructure sectors. To discover more about McAvoy’s offsite services, call: +44 (0)28 8774 0372 email: smartoffsite@mcavoygroup.com or visit: www.mcavoygroup.com
The school is being built in McAvoy’s Lisburn factory, limiting on site noise and disruption, with 178 individual modules due to be craned into place over a six-week period. It will boast impressive sustainability credentials, run predominantly on electricity and incorporating efficient heating and cooling systems and roof- mounted solar panels. Ron Clarke, CEO at McAvoy, said, “This will be an exceptional school building that will meet extremely high environmental standards.
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