Educational Business Award for Baxter College and Habberley

Schools from across the UK were recognised for their achievements on 5 December at the 2013 Education Business Awards, sponsored by Rathbones.

Taking place at The Emirates Stadium in North London, the Awards, now in their eighth year, saw schools presented with accolades in 21 categories by former Olympic Athelete Roger Black MBE.

The winner of the Academy Partnership Award, sponsored by ESPO, was Baxter College / H.E.L.P, Kidderminster
The citation for the award was as follows:
Habberley Educational Learning Partnership (H.E.L.P.)of Baxter College, St. John's CofE Primary School and Wyre Forest School arose from the demise of the Building Schools for the Future initiative. Enthusiasm generated from working together led to an ambitious plans submitted to the DfE involving a brand new Special School with residential block, a 13 laboratory science block, an early years hub with nursery provision, artificial floodlit pitches, associated car parking and landscape work. Baxter College’s contribution was to provide the land. A Joint Management Committee will oversee community usage once the development is completed. The collaboration will open up an exciting range of possibilities for integration, learning advancement and employment.




Left to right: Roger Black (former Olympic athlete and now BBC commentator), Lawrence Gittins (headteacher at St. John's CofE Primary), Mick Russell (Head of Wyre Forest School), David Seddon (Principal at Baxter College), and the M.D. of ESPO (sponsors).



Webcam Link : a reminder

View from the webcam at dusk, 19 December 2013

Now is a great time to follow the Webcam for the new Wyre Forest School. The wall cassettes are currently being craned into place, and the building is emerging rapidly...

Follow this link

http://smlhabberley1.no-ip.org/index.htm

The view from the webcam is of the Wyre Forest School, taken from the future campus square, in the foreground on the ground floor will be the suite of sensory rooms.


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Wyre Forest School: Week 23

The latest progress:

Activity/Observations

  Back fill and floor slab preparation is continuing to perimeter of hydrotherapy pool, including Water Play Room.
 Cutting, placing and fixing of soleplates are continuing, these will support the walls.
 Erection of perimeter scaffold is continuing.
 Base coat and binder layers of tarmac being laid to car park areas.


So what's next?
 Continue floor slab / cantilevered floor around hydro pool, scaffold erection, fixing of sole plates, crane erection.

Setting out the timber soleplates ready to receive the walls

The formwork and reinforcement for the shell of the Water Play sensory area

Detail of the reinforcement bars which will strengthen the concrete

The tarmac base course to the car park has been laid for site vehicles,
the final wearing course will be added much later.

Science Hub: Week 23

Science Block: battening for external insulation layer

View looking down onto the atrium at first floor level

The first waterproofing layer being added to the roof, showing the clerestory window openings in the background.

Progress this week

Activity/Observations

 Timber frame erection is continuing. Roof cassette fitting is almost complete.
 Fitting of air tightness tapes are continuing as areas become available.
 Setting up and fitting of metal floor ducts for science lab services (gas, water, electricity) are almost complete.
 Scaffold erection is continuing as required.
 Fitting of torch on membrane to lower roof area has started.


So what's next?
 Continue timber frame erection, fitting of air leakage tapes, scaffold erection, floor duct fitting, roof covering membrane, start boarding ceilings, start ducting.

Weekly Boarding Unit: Week 23

What's been happening this week?
Activity/Observations

 Continue erection of timber frame, envelope now complete - continue roof counter battens (70mm x 75mm) Install Tyvek breather membrane – Fit cedar fascia/barge – Parapets – roof tiles
 Complete second skin sheathing and timber framing
 Internal partition walls and floor zone 1st floor acoustic insulation + netting - commence floating/acoustic floor to 1st floor
 Commence double layer fire line plaster boarding GF ceilings
 Electrical first fix, containment
 External door and window installations + taping etc
 Warmcell installations, walls completed, roof to follow
 Air tight membrane + taping now advanced
 1st fix plumber soil and vent pipes for waste water
 Kerb racing to parking and building approach, include line of swale (the swale is shallow ground depression designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration)

So what's next?

 Roof tiling, outer cladding

Roof counterbattens being fixed-doubled up at the eaves and ridge, these allow overhangs to be formed without causing cold bridging, as unlike the roof casettes they lie ouside the insulation zone.

Roof with windtight breather membrane and battens on, with roof tiles laid out ready for fixing.



Inside the building with the plasterboard fixed to the floor soffit.



Link to webcam

We have now setup a live video feed facing the new Wyre Forest School, if you would like to view the feed please click on the link below:

http://smlhabberley1.no-ip.org

Newsletter for Students and Parents December 2013

Science Block - Site Progress Week 22

Activity/Observations

 Timber frame erection is continuing. Roof cassette fitting is continuing, clerestory frame fitting has started.
 Air tightness tapes are being fitted.
 Setting up of metal floor ducts is continuing.
 Scaffold erection is continuing as required.

So what's next?
 Continue timber frame erection, fitting of air leakage tapes, scaffold erection and floor duct fitting.



The triangular central atrium and balcony




Roof cassettes are being placed and the clerstorey walls erected




Concrete floor slab primed and air tightness tapes being fitted.



Wyre Forest School - Week 22

What's been happening on site this week?

 Back fill and floor slab preparation is continuing to perimeter of hydro pool, including Water Play Room.
 Cutting, placing and fixing of soleplates for the timber framed walls are in progress.
 Erection of perimeter scaffold is continuing.
 Make up levels in 6f2 is almost complete to main car park area, curb laying, ducting and drainage continuing. Shaping up in type 1 material has started.

So what's next?
 Continue floor slab / cantilevered floor around hydro pool, scaffold erection, fixing of sole plates kerbs to car park and shape up with type 1.
The first deliveries of the timber frame panels are due shortly.


View of the school showing the lift shafts (as seen from the top of the Science Block)



Excavating for the Water Play Sensory Room alongside the pool



Surveying, levelling and laying kerbs for the Special School car park



Design Unit Visit - 6 Dec 2013

A substantial group of visitors from Worcestershire County Council Property Services were welcomed on a visit to the Habberley site on Friday 6 December, along with Councillor Liz Eyre, County Council Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Children and Families.

It was the first opportunity for a number of colleagues to see the progress of this major project on site, with its innovative approach to education provision and low enenrgy construction techniques. Because of the use of off-site prefabrication of the wall and roof panels, the buildings are emerging rapidly. After a health and safety induction, the group were given tours of the Weekly Boarding unit and the Science Block by the architects and members of the Speller Metcalfe site team.

Preparing to visit the site

Visiting the new Science Block

Wyre Forest School: Week 21

Work on site this week:


 Block work to lift shafts is complete.
 Back fill and floor slab preparation is in progress to perimeter of hydro pool.
 Cutting and placing of soleplates to set out the timber framed walls has started.
 Erection of perimeter scaffold is in progress.
 Make up levels in recycled hardcore is almost complete to main car park area, curb laying, ducting and drainage continuing. Shaping up in type 1 hardcore material has started.
 Block work is built to part of south east landscape retaining wall ready for concrete fill.


So what's next?
 Continue south east retaining wall, floor slab / cantilevered floor around hydro pool, scaffold erection, kerbs to car park and shape up with hardcore.

Overview of the site showing the completed lift shafts and the scaffolding being erected

The area around the hydrotherapy pool being backfilled

This retaining wall in the outdoor areas is formed with a reinforced cavity to be filled with concrete

Car park kerbs being laid

Science Block : Week 21

Activity on site this week:

 Timber frame erection is continuing. Fitting of floor cassettes complete and roof cassettes fitting is in progress. Circular columns fitted to ground floor areas.
 Setting up of metal floor ducts has started.
 Scaffold erection is continuing as required.

So what's next?
 Continue timber frame erection and floor duct fitting.

Walls being erected at first floor around the atrium area

The scaffold cage and crane

View of the frame from the entrance towards the atrium