Project Matrix Academy Trust – Barr Beacon School

Location Walsall

Client Matrix Academy Trust / Walsall Council

Project Description The scheme comprised the provision of a new build teaching block incorporating 30 new classrooms and various supporting accommodation together with extensive drainage and external works. The works were carried out in the heart of the existing school campus, comprising reinforced strip and pad concrete foundations, structural steel frame, composite metal deck floors, with external cladding and a feature masonry and glazing façades, standing seam roof, aluminium double-glazed windows, doors and curtain walling, new glass lift, washrooms and fixtures and fittings. New extensive M&E and HVAC installations. New seating and fittings and furniture provided. Externally, new paved areas were formed as well as a new amphitheatre, SUDS drainage and new incoming services. BREEAM rating Very Good

Project Value £4.4M

Project Duration 52 Weeks

Form of Contract JCT Contract with Quantities

Design Team Glancy Nicholls Architects, Holbrow Brookes Construction Consultants, Couch Perry Wilkes and Qa Architecture Ltd

Procurement Competitive single stage tender