It is now widely accepted within the industry that off-site construction can provide high quality, fast and disruption free buildings but can they provide eye catching innovative designs or is this still an area of compromise?
Rachel Davis, Business Development Director, said ‘With Premier Modular the answer is NO, we never compromise.
Premier Modular Ltd working as a specialist subcontractor to Conlon Construction have just completed New Islington Free School in Manchester. This will be a new home for 420 children and is due to open for the September term 2016.
Premier worked with their architectural partners Vaughan Architecture & Design to create this visually stunning building with a feature entrance incorporating an oversailing roof, picture windows, a lightwell running the full length of the building and a modern external cladding finish. The building also includes a roof-top teaching space and an external play area linked to the building. Sustainable and wildlife features were also included such as PV panels, bird and bat boxes and a Redstart habitat on the roof.
The New Islington School values are Creative, Innovative & Unique. These fit well with Premier’s own values and have certainly been captured in the new school building.
Rachel Davis, Business Development Director at Premier Modular said ‘The client is at the centre of everything we do, we feel that having the right environment around us as we work, learn and live can inspire us, support us and motivate us. Therefore making our schools the best place to learn is essential’
So at a time where an increased rate of build is required, budgets have been cut and there is a squeeze on available space, Premier Modular has firmly proved that design doesn’t have to take a back seat.
This project has been shortlisted in the Offsite Awards for the Best Use of Volumetric category - for more information visit the Offsite Awards website.
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