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Heathfield Academy
Croydon
Project Team
Architects: Hunters
Project Managers: Mott MacDonald
Quantity Surveyors: Keegans
Services: Van Zyl & de Villiers
The Challenge
Heathfield Academy had plans on being the “school of choice” for parents and children in the near future following our work to create its new home. Prior to the team building their new school home, Heathfield Academy was on a temporary site before moving to its new purpose built facility in Aberdeen Road. Extremely tight and built up surrounding residential property meant detailed planning was needed for just in time deliveries of materials and plant. Willmott Dixon meticulous logistical planning ensured zero harm and delivered on time.
The Solution
Early supply chain engagement ensured Willmott Dixon Technical Programme Manager was able to increase productivity to the benefit of LB Croydon. Having a tight site significantly reduced site storage putting pressure on timeline. Engaging a logistics-led solution throughout preconstruction and then into construction significantly reduced construction risks. The project went smoothly and was completed to budget and on time.
The Results
Now the new school boost brilliant facilities with two halls, modern ICT suite, library, learning deck on the roof, plus small group rooms and a therapy space to support children with special educational needs. Heathfield was awarded 2019 SECBE ‘Project of the Year’.
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Apprentices
85%
SME Spend
20%
Added Value
10/10
Client Satisfaction
Client Testimonials
Contractor Performance | Commitments
Fair
Regular payments and payment periods not exceeding 30 days
Sustainability
99% of waste diverted from landfill
Safe
Zero harm
Legacy
- All the future pupils visited the site during construction. They also witnessed the dismantling of the crane. A good opportunity to introduce construction to the children.
- Willmott Dixon have been offering additional training through Fushion. They have been providing facilities training to the Academy.
- Fushion are going to continue support by regularly visiting the Academy for retraining on the facilities.
Aftercare
Handover & Aftercare Contractor Promise
SCF Framework Manager
Contractor Framework Manager
Guy Dawes
Email: guy.dawes@willmottdixon.co.uk
Phone: 07989179444
Kings Hill Primary School
Kings Hill Primary School
Kings Hill, Kent
Project Details
Client
Kent County Council
Project Manager
Donald Farquharson
Architect
Burns Guthrie & Partners
Contractor
GallifordTry
Value
£6.1 million
Contract Period
49 weeks
Procurement Type
2Stage
Form of Contract
Develop and Build
Project Brief
Construction of a new 1FE primary school for Kent County Council (KCC). External works comprised of a new car park, hard landscaping around building including MUGA pitch (MUGA is a sports surface which can be used for multiple different activities) and soft landscaping for sports pitches and temporary covering where future phases are planned. Installation (and removal) of temporary accommodation for school to occupy September 2015.
“I just wanted to pass on my thanks for all your help and care with our building. I feel very lucky to have worked with Dave and his team at Galliford Try – their kindness and consideration at every level has been fantastic and we are now privileged to have a just amazing building and space for the children! It is like winning the lottery!”
Community Engagement
Education
- Site team engaged with the school for a number of events. These included assemblies, numerous site visits for the school staff, site visits for the school children, and issuing virtual reality headsets for the periods when access on to site would be too hazardous.
Additional Support
- A sand pit was constructed from surplus materials and issued to the school as was furniture and pin boards following hand over of the building.
- Site Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was issued for the schools use and “goody” bags were handed out at handover.
Community
- Regular newsletters were issued to the surrounding properties (commercial buildings).
Labour
- Local labour included technical apprentice.
- Labour was locally recruited.
- Six apprentices employed – two with GT & Trac and four with supply chain
Key Challenges
Inclusion of fully functioning kitchen.
Late change accommodated by site along with the management of the client’s contractor.
Projecting steels to roof and 1st floor levels – missed on the design stage.
Worked through with the various contractors.
Clash with steel frame and render finish/build up.
We held early workshops with the façade contractor to manage this and alter the design at an early stage.
Change to ceiling finishes in the hall.
Change from clients requirements and signed off design.
External canopy - derogated to achieve budget requirements but client didn’t understand the necessity for both areas.
Worked with consultants and client to agree on finishes within budget.
Roofing works.
Design developed with contractor and architect to ensure best possible solution.
Acoustic and air testing.
Worked through design with early engagement with Stroma (accredited certification). Site visit beneficial and assisted with project achieving required levels at first attempt.
Clashes with pop ups and steel columns.
Early intervention allowed for issues encountered with locations of soil vent pipe and base plates to be resolved.
Project Takeaways
Our Success
- Excellent relationship with KCC but also the end user.
- Aligned supply chain members performance.
- Early engagement with supply chain for design input with consultants.
- Proactive team approach all pulling in the same direction.
- Regular engagement with the school for assemblies.
- Newsletters to residents and local parish council.
Our Learnings
Value Added
KPI’s & Statistics
| Contract | CTB Gateway 4 |
| Cost | £6,173,736 |
| Time | 296 |
Average CCS score: 39
Contacts: Chris Nickolls
Email: Chris.nickolls@gallifordtry.co.uk
Middle Row Primary School
Middle Row Primary School
Kensington
Project Details
Client
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Project Manager
ECHarris
Contractor
BAM
Architect
Penoyre & Prasad
Value
£9.68m
Contract Period
Phase 1 – 63 weeks
Phase 2 – 21 weeks
Contract Type
Design and Build
Efficiency Savings
£955,000
Project Brief
Middle Row Primary School is an existing school, on an urban site in West London, and currently accommodates a primary school with limited play areas.
BAM is building a new primary school, which will cater for 420 pupils, a special needs facility for 16 pupils and 30 nursery places.
The new building is being constructed on the footprint of the previously demolished junior and nursery school.
The project faces many challenges with the existing school situated just three metres away from the building works, working in a live environment is just one of the challenges the project team has to tackle. Logistics is another area that calls for BAM’s expertise, with the site located in a densely populated residential area.
“This is well deserved recognition for BAM, the project and the site. Everyone I have spoken with who has visited the site (not least of all the Client) has commented on how tidy, well run and maintained it is overall.”
Community Engagement
Key Challenges
Achieving a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating
Close relationship with architect and contractors in order to create a building in line with BREEAM requirements.
Budgetary constraints
The initial cost plan forecasted a near £1m budget deficit. BAM led structured value engineering workshops, collaborating closely with the Client and the design team to ensure the original design was not compromised and the budget has been achieved.
Project Takeaways
Our Success
- Effectively by running a detailed pre-construction stage, the project has been significantly derisked in order to fulfil the clients expectations.
- The project achieve Health and Safety excellence – there have been no reportable accidents
- The site has assisted the teaching staff in familiarising themselves with their new school by arranging site visits throughout the construction phase.
- The team earned extra Breeam points by donating excess wood packaging to the College of North West London (CNWL) construction department.
Our Learnings
Value Added
- Considerate Constructors Scheme – significantly higher than the industry average. – Average 42.50 / 50 UK industry average is 35; Middle Row scores are in top 5% of all registered UK projects.
- The use of BIM and 3D modelling throughout the design and construction phases has eliminated any potential co-ordination and spatial-fit issues.
KPI’s & Statistics
| Contract | Gateway 2 Formation | Gateway 2 Final Account | Variation |
| Cost | £9.68m | £9.68m | 0 |
| Time | Phase 1 – 63 weeks Phase 2 – 21 weeks | Phase 1 – 63 weeks Phase 2 – 21 weeks | 0 |
Contact: Darren Birch
Email: dbirch@bam.co.uk
Dover Leisure Centre
BAM Construction built a new leisure centre which includes swimming pools, sports hall, squash courts and a gym. The new leisure centre has been designed to meet the latest Sport England facilities requirements, including access for people with a wide range of disabilities.
Key Features:
- Eight-lane, 25m swimming pool
- Spectator seating at high level
- Learner pool with movable floor
- Poolside sauna and steam room
- Wet changing village
- Clip ‘n climb feature
- Two squash courts
- Four-court sports hall
- Fitness suite
The Challenge
Site Conditions: Due to the quality of soil and level differences, more than 12,000m3 of topsoil and material needed to be removed from site to form the level base and pits for the pool and squash courts.
Budget: Challenging budget requiring innovative cost effective design solutions.
The Solution
Site Conditions: BAM established a link with a local waste centre just 3.3 miles away. The material was removed from site and delivered to the centre as capping material, on return, these lorries delivered recycled aggregates for use on site. To reduce disruption to local communities, BAM used precast piles instead of traditional continuous flight auger piling. Traditional piling would have needed an additional 80 lorry movements for the concrete deliveries and soil removal. Using the alternative BAM reduced this to just 16 deliveries keeping our impact on the community to a minimum.
Budget: Redesign led to the omission of the basement and the relocation of the substation saved significant cost and 4 weeks on programme. Fortnightly design and cost review meetings were held and early engagement with BAM on the MEP package meant that we could optimise the ventilation design, changing it to cross-ventilation. As well as saving over £100k, combining this solution with CO2 sensors and control units throughout the building, enabled the management team to create a better and fresher indoor environment for the user.
The Results
The Dover leisure project team (led by Dover District Council) developed into a strong and organised group working towards the common goal – the opening of the leisure centre – on time, to budget and the right quality.
The building represents a major investment in the health and well-being of the district that is fit for the 21st century that sets new standards in facilities, access, and sustainability. The new leisure centre is accessible to all, providing easy access to the swimming pools, and wheelchair accessible gym and changing facilities.
Fully transparent cost management built trust and confidence early on. BAM were instrumental in delivering £1.4m of added value benefits during the design development process.
304
Apprentice weeks
£3.8m
SME Spend
£3m
Added Value
100%
Client Satisfaction
Client Testimonials
Contractor Performance | Commitments
Fair
Payment periods not exceeding 30 days
Safe
Zero RIDDORs
Aftercare
SCF Charter
Legacy
60% local labour / £6.4m social value delivered
20 local school and college visits; 14 weeks of work placements provided; 21 advanced H&S qualifications
36 qualifications were achieved by those working on this project.
Created more than £250,000 worth of value in local skills and employment
Sustainability
The Centre is the most energy efficient leisure centre in Kent with a Grade A energy certificate rating. The new building uses a gas combined heat and power (CHP) plant which produces electricity and hot water for the site.
70 solar panels producing 27.22 MWh of electricity since opening and saving 69,567.15kg of CO2 emissions.
The local branch of Community Wood Recycling was engaged to transfer waste timber from site.
SCF Framework Manager
James Wright
Email: james.wright@hants.gov.uk
Phone: : 07761 330560
Contractor Framework Manager
Darren Birch
Email: dbirch@bam.com
Phone: 07920 134843
The Challenge
In 2009, Buckinghamshire Council adopted a sports facility strategy that recommended the support of a new stadium and sports hub, along with the development of a new sports centre for High Wycombe, replacing a facility that had served the local community for four decades. Over the years the centre expanded, and many hundreds and thousands of people used it.
One of the issues with the existing gym was that there wasn’t much room to fit many people in, which would make them feel cramped and was limiting membership growth.
The existing leisure centre continued to operate throughout this project which meant the new one had to be delivered without impacting the operations. There were access difficulties at the original leisure centre’s existing car park and to reduce the loss of parking capacity at the existing site, works accelerated on the car park which helped release 100 spaces four months early.
The Solution
In order to make the project a success, it was essential that the design and construction teams worked collaboratively, particularly when building the Olympic size swimming pool.
The new design for the gym has been a significant improvement, providing lots of natural light due to the high ceilings and open spaces which also creates more room for people to exercise in.
The Results
Since opening the centre in 2016 opened there has been a real sense of excitement in the local area. The 10,750m2 rectangular sports centre is one of the biggest sports facilities in the South East
Members and staff can enjoy the exciting new facilities such as a 150 station gym, indoor cycling studio, 50 metre competition pool, 12 badminton court sports hall, steam room and sauna and more. Since opening, the centre doubled its number of memberships from 2000 to 4000.
360 training weeks
Apprentices
£250,000.
SME Spend
£5,000,000.
Added Value
8.3
Client Satisfaction
Client Testimonials
Contractor Performance | Commitments
Fair
Regular payments and have payment periods not exceeding 30 days
Sustainability
99% of waste diverted from landfill
Safe
42/50 (Bronze award achieved)
Legacy
360 Training weeks achieved and 11 apprentices
Aftercare
Handover & Aftercare Contractor Promise
