We know that our Education Clients have a policy priority to ensure that the construction and maintenance of schools and centres are cost-effective, with a requirement to squeeze as much value as possible from every tax penny spent.

Our approach assesses whole-life cost benefits, trims unnecessary capital costs, and takes advantage of operational efficiencies. We use our experience and knowledge to our Clients’ advantage, and we do everything we can to remove waste from the design and construction process, whist maintaining creativity and architectural flair, where appropriate.

We also hope that our approach forges a link between the built environment solution and your educational outcomes. Well-designed schools and centres can inspire and set the scene for pupils’ and teachers’ success, leading ultimately to better educational outcomes.

Many of our Education Clients are also wishing to embrace lean thinking, and will now often link capital building costs to downstream facilities management costs.

With our Office having current experiences as School Governors at both Primary and Secondary Schools, we understand the challenge for staff and Govenors to ensure the logistics, timing and cost sensitivity of initiating and delivering building extensions, repairs and alterations.  There is an importance balance to be struck, and we enjoy resolving the challenges along the journey.

We understand that students change, the way you teach changes, and the legislative framework within which you operate changes.  Therefore, your buildings need to change, adapt and extend, to allow the best and most appropriate teaching environment for the students.

Our Office has a reputation for working with both Primary and Secondary Schools, and so if your School or Centre has a building need, please get in touch to see if we can help.