The McAvoy Group has completed a £3.3 million building for Surrey County Council at Sunbury Manor School in Sunbury-on-Thames. Designed in collaboration with TODD Architects, the new teaching and dining block will allow the school to expand capacity by up to 150 children to meet the urgent demand for new secondary places in Surrey.
The Group has been awarded building projects under the Southern Modular Building Framework worth around £15 million – from nursery blocks to self-contained primary and secondary school buildings. Its offsite solutions aim to deliver rapid building solutions to meet the rising demand for school places, working to the highest health and safety standards. McAvoy has a proven track record in education, particularly in the South East, having successfully delivered over 50 contracts for Surrey County Council.
The school, finished in brick and vertical cedar cladding to complement the academy’s existing buildings, accommodates five general classrooms, a staffroom and new commercial kitchen and dining facilities to cater for around 900 children each day. Delivered on time, it was built offsite and under the Considerate Constructors Scheme, which awarded a high score to the McAvoy project team for best practice.
McAvoy installed 44 steel-framed modules in just five days, complete with 75% of mechanical and electrical services, internal partitioning and brick cladding fitted out in the factory. Following completion of the new building, the team undertook refurbishment works in the main school which included upgrading some classrooms to science laboratories.
Neil Reed, Project Manager at Surrey County Council, said: “The school is delighted with the form and function of the building which has been well received and has delivered their vision for the facility. The new hall and kitchen have provided a paradigm leap in the dining experience for the school. Offsite construction delivers a shorter programme on-site than with traditional build - beneficial to minimising the impact of construction on teaching.”
Allan Cottle, Deputy Head of Sunbury Manor School, added: “The school’s relationship with McAvoy from the outset was very positive and we appreciated one point of contact. We were able to have significant input in the project within the budget constraints, and communications were excellent at each stage. We are happy with the end result, the speed of construction and the lack of disruption.”
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Source: www.mcavoygroup.com
