BAM construction has been appointed as the main contractor to build a new teaching building at North Lindsey College.
BAM construction has been appointed as the main contractor to build a new £38m teaching building at North Lindsey College in Scunthorpe. Appointed by the Department for Education, and designed by Bryan Bond, the new three storey building will bring together a number of teaching spaces into the new building.
As part of the college’s Kingsway Campus the highly sustainable new building will be able to accommodate up to 1,400 students and members of staff. The building is designed around a central space that includes classrooms, as well specialist classrooms for students with special education needs, a dining area, a dedicated SEND area, and an auditorium. There are also a number of specialist teaching facilities which include commercial training kitchens and science laboratories, to give students hands-on practical experience.
In line with the Department for Education’s requirements for all new education buildings, the new building at North Lindsey college will be net zero carbon in operation. It will have heat pumps and solar panels, to reduce the college’s energy consumption and cut carbon emissions. These additions will also help reduce the carbon output from heating and hot water usage by approximately 58,000 KG per year down to 14,500 KG per year. The college has aspirations to extend its solar panel array so that it will be able to heat the engineering centre in the future.
Peter Marshall Steel Stairs will design, detail, manufacture, deliver to site and install a number of structures for the new college. These include one stairwell comprising of 4 flights and 2 intermediate landings with a stair width of 2000mm between stringers with 48 risers of 150mm with 275mm goings. We are also installing the supporting structure and skeletal balustrade which is a single rail, combined with the stringers to create a truss-type frame. The top rail will be fitted with a 250mm wide flat bar. This balustrade will provide a steel formwork for following trades on, which to construct the permanent balustrade system.
This investment in the college demonstrates the council’s commitment to transforming the local community through education. It will provide students with the skills to shape their future careers and improve economic regeneration in the area.
