Unite sells London academy school for £40.7m

The school was part of the wider 719-room Hawthorne House student accommodation scheme, which Unite has retained. The post Unite sells London academy school for £40.7m appeared first on Property Week.

McLaughlin & Harvey hands over Wester Hailes High School

McLaughlin & Harvey has handed over Wester Hailes High School, with students returning from a half term break to start lessons in the new Passivhaus building, delivered under a design and construction framework for Edinburgh Council through Scape Scotland.

Morgan Sindall starts £32m SEND school job

Construction finally underway at site of the former Bramcote Park School

Brisbane Knockdown Rebuilds: Create Your Dream Home

You love your street. The kids walk to school, the café knows your order, and you’ve finally got neighbours you actually like. The problem is the house. It’s tired, cramped and costs a fortune to cool in summer, and every renovation quote seems to climb higher than the last. Moving would mean giving up everything […] <p>The post Brisbane Knockdown Rebuilds: Create Your Dream Home first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

Morgan Sindall starts £32m SEND school expansion

Morgan Sindall Construction has started work on a Noviun Architects-designed expansion of Foxwood Academy SEND school in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, project managed by Gleeds.

The Damp Show Podcast Out Every Wednesday

On our podcast we talk about damp issues and problems and also have guests where they speak about how the went from school to what they are doing now.

Master rules school ought to have taken reasonable steps to prevent exposure to asbestos - Published by CMS Law-Now

In a case that will be of particular interest to the education sector, involving decades-old allegations of asbestos exposure at an independent boarding school, the High Court has held that the test of whether a defendant bears a real prospect of success is a “low bar”. The judgment simultaneously reaffirmed that the “Asbestos Masters” are best placed to apply this rough and ready test, even when furnished with incomplete expert evidence.

What are the benefits of using Scan to BIM for renovating existing school buildings?