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A new teaching facility constructed using a Yorkon off-site building solution from the Portakabin Group, has opened at one of the country’s top performing academies in Cumbria after just four weeks on site. The new Centre for Leadership and Learning at The Queen Katherine School in Kendal was required as a training venue and to provide the school with an area to host regular educational meetings and conferences. The Queen Katherine School is a comprehensive…

Forward-thinking hospitals in London have recently piloted BRE’s new BREEAM In-Use (BIU) scheme for the healthcare sector with excellent results, demonstrating their commitment to healthier patient & staff environments, lower running costs & sustainable buildings and management practices. As part of an on-going campaign on green issues across the whole of the NHS (www.nhssustainabilityday.co.uk), both Bart’s & Great Ormond Street Hospitals have recently piloted the BREEAM In-Use methodology on their buildings. BREEAM In-Use is designed…

Balfour Beatty has completed refurbishment projects worth a total of £1 million at two schools in the London Borough of Islington. Part of the Building Schools for the Future programme, the projects were carried out by the construction company to meet requirements to bring educational facilities up to the latest quality, usability and sustainable standards. At Canonbury School, Balfour Beatty was appointed to remove and replace the building’s ageing timber windows, before making repairs to…