All Education and healthcare articles – Page 57
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FeaturesFrom 1900 to 2012: Finishing the University of Birmingham
Aston Webb’s grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. Building reports
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FeaturesThe University of Bradford: The stuff of BREEAM
For a university to have one building with an unprecedented 95% BREEAM score is impressive, but to have two suggests it really knows what it is doing. Building examined Bradford’s Sustainability and Enterprise Centre to find out its secret
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FeaturesCost model: Standardised schools
As the James Review made clear, the future of schoolbuilding lies with low-cost standard solutions, much as it did in the fifties. Darren Talbot and Stuart Francis of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, offer an overview of this burgeoning market and consider the costs
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NewsAtkins' £13m special educational needs school opens in Barnsley
School built by Laing O’Rourke is among latest Barnsley BSF projects to complete
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NewsBREEAM row divides Whitehall
Gove’s proposal to ditch green standards for school prompts high-level talks across Whitehall
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NewsMajority of government's biggest projects 'over time and budget'
Major projects supremo admits that less than half of the government’s biggest projects are being delivered ‘effectively’
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NewsEscalating delays hit £2bn school building programme
Launch of contracts likely to be put back after scheme is swamped with high volume of bids for funding
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NewsGove has 'ulterior motive' for scrapping BREEAM
Move to scrap green standards for schools driven by the free schools agenda, public procurement chief says
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CommentWe can deliver cost-effective schools while keeping BREEAM
The subtext to the debate over scrapping the BREEAM standard for school buildings is that it costs too much, but, says Sean Lockie, that ignores our ability to deliver schools efficiently
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NewsRamboll joins chorus of disapproval over schools BREEAM cut plan
Secretary of state for schools receives third letter of outrage this week
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NewsWillmott Dixon starts work on first off the shelf school
Standardised design will offer 30% savings
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NewsLansley announces plan for NHS property company
Health secretary says new government-owned company NHS Property Services Ltd will take over NHS estate
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NewsGove warned over ditching green standards for schools
UK Green Building Council and alliance of green businesses urge ministers not to scrap BREEAM requirement on schools
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NewsSweett Group sells stake in school PFI
Consultant formerly known as Cyril Sweett to use cash to pay debts
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NewsBam wins £20m school job
Havant school is first contract to be awarded under the £4.5bn IESE framework
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NewsCarillion wins £100m of academies work
Contractor wins work nationwide through the Partnerships for Schools Contractors’ Framework
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NewsGove delays flagship school building programme
Decision on £2bn priority schools building programme delayed for a second time
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NewsRevealed: more than 20% of schools are over capacity
Figures showing huge place shortages at primary and secondary level will increase pressure for capital work
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NewsMcAlpine, Balfour and Miller make £40m student digs shortlist
Aberystwyth University cuts down shortlist to three
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NewsPfS appoints Tribal to support national school condition survey
Appointment of technology firm moves forward plans to establish condition of 23,000 education buildings