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Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, the UK’s largest supplier of refurbished Portakabin buildings, has handed over its second project on time and on budget at The Piggott School, a high-performing academy in Reading. The scheme to expand specialist teaching facilities at the school follows the success of an earlier Foremans contract in 2012 to construct a sixth form centre. The latest two-storey building was required to improve specialist teaching facilities for pupils, in particular the classrooms…

The first major project to be constructed using the revolutionary new off-site building system from Yorkon, a member of the Portakabin Group, has opened. The contract for Kier Construction has provided three two-storey curriculum wings for the new Cambourne Village College in Cambridgeshire. The 7,000sqm scheme for Cambridgeshire County Council is the first new secondary school to be constructed in the county for 30 years, and was the second contract to be awarded to Yorkon…

The Portakabin Group has been awarded its third accolade this year in recognition of its commitment to sustainability. It has succeeded in achieving a Gold Award in the Business in the Community Environment Index 2013. This puts the Group among the UK’s highest performing businesses for environmental management. The Index assesses participants’ integration of an environmental strategy into their operations and their performance in reducing impact on the environment. Over the past 15 years, the…