Education

BDC have wide ranging expertise in designing education facilities ranging from refurbishment, new school extensions, to multi million-pound new school and university developments.

Our team has successfully completed projects using both traditional and design and build forms of contract.

Worlds End School

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Worlds End school was built using the PFI model in Enfield.
The school accommodates 1500 pupils plus a sixth form including a further 200 students.

The building varies between 2 and 3 stories across the site to reflect the sloping topography of the land. The scheme necessitated a significant cut and fill exercise to create a plateau for the buildings and sports facilities.

The main buildings incorporated piled CFA foundations and a concrete frame up to eaves level where the construction reverted to a steel frame roof, including 2 large portal steel frames incorporated to the sports halls.

Knightsmead School

Location: Thurrock - Essex
Sector: Education
Client Thurrock Council
Value: £1 m 
Partners – : HBF Architects

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Thameside School

Location: Thurrock - Essex
Sector: Education
Client: Thurrock Council
Value: £2 m 
Partners – HBF Architects

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BDC provided the Structural and Civil engineering services for this extension to an existing primary school to form a four-form entry school. Works had to be sequenced and programmed around the operational functions of the school and utilise school holidays wherever possible to minimise disruption to the school.

Works included extensive external works in the form of diversion of large diameter foul sewers, build over agreements for adopted surface networks including sustainable drainage designs.
Structural works included a 2-storey extension classified as a class B structure, supported on a hybrid load bearing and steel frame built off piled foundations owing to poor local ground conditions.
Works also included extensions to the on-site Nursery facilities and the main hall.

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