With a vision to create vibrant and innovative educational spaces, Premier Modular are working hard to provide better buildings for future generations to learn and thrive.
With the autumn term in full swing and many parents are considering their options for next year's school places, headteachers and local authorities are battling budget and space constraints to provide places for growing population demands.
We believe that offsite solutions can support these demands whilst developing inspiring learning environments for future generations, and we're not the only ones. With the Department for Education creating their offsite-focused framework it feels like offsite construction is going to be at the heart of education developments for some time to come.
The industry is still haunted by the ghosts of temporary classrooms from the past but solutions like the temporary decant classrooms we offer, are of such a high standard now that teachers and students hardly notice that it's not a permanent classroom. For the permanent build we can create a bespoke design for an aesthetically beautiful learning space. Partnering with an architect can produce schools that take their plans off a traditional build and can turn a one-form entry school to a two-form entry school in a fraction of the time.
It also goes beyond classroom build. We recently delivered eight, award winning schools in Manchester with our partner ISG. Those schools included sports halls with high ceilings and catering facilities worthy of any professional kitchen. We'd encourage education clients to collaborate in the process so they can plan and build a bespoke response to their brief that innovatively covers all elements.
We understand that headteachers need to provide school places quickly and with minimal disruption. Offsite takes the project off the traditional critical path. That is one reason why it is becoming more popular in education. Site works can be simultaneously completed as the building is manufactured in the factory, so it means less overall construction time and less overall disruption in comparison to a traditional build. The factory process also means we can run the projects at any time of the year and our factories were busy with several school projects whilst those schools were closed for the summer break.
Along with minimising disruption, offsite minimises wastage too as much of what we build is manufactured from recycled or recyclable materials. By doing most of the build offsite you also minimise the traffic pollution at the school and the carbon footprint of the build. This reduction in environmental impact could be a focal point for learning and we're happy to take students through building processes that are better for their future.
We often welcome schools and their students to our site not just for environmental education but so they can witness how we build their school. We are keen to showcase offsite construction as a career path. With many disciplines to choose from, it's a level playing field for men and women and chances of career progression are strong.
