{"id":112011,"date":"2022-06-21T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=112011"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:43:42","slug":"bam-net-zero-carbon-school-wigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bam-net-zero-carbon-school-wigan\/112011\/","title":{"rendered":"BAM confirmed for \u00a324m Wigan net zero carbon school redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Department of Education has appointed BAM to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley, Wigan, Greater Manchester as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/net-zero-construction-2\/103181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">net zero carbon<\/a> school project<\/h2>\n<p>The \u00a324m contract, to be handed over in September 2023, will increase the capacity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/m-ar-net-zero-strategy\/108025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">net zero<\/a> carbon school from 1,275 students to 1,350. The first phase of the project will create a three-storey teaching block. The second phase will see most of the existing school demolished and construction of new sports pitches, due for completion in spring 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Longworth is one of four Wigan schools earmarked for sustainable redevelopment under the DfE\u2019s \u00a31bn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bam.co.uk\/our-sectors\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School Rebuilding<\/a> Programme.<\/p>\n<h3>Building on the DfE\u2019s drive for sustainable development<\/h3>\n<p>BAM will oversee architecture, monitoring and evaluation, sustainability, fixtures and fittings, while fire and acoustics will be handled by Hydrock, ICT delivered by Nexus and Dally Henderson Landscape will develop the grounds.<\/p>\n<p>A major part of the works includes dealing with contamination in the ground and Japanese knotweed, and new services and drainage are required. Enabling works include diverting a main sewer running across the site and posing a critical constraint. Trees will also be protected.<\/p>\n<h3>Handling the challenges of working with a live site<\/h3>\n<p>BAM will develop carefully co-ordinate traffic access and logistics plans to overcome restricted access to the site and has already taken steps to reduce deliveries and thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/reducing-construction-waste-net-zero\/109802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carbon emissions<\/a> by increasing on site storage solutions. The net zero carbon school will be partially constructed in part Hindsford Brook culvert.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Fleming, regional director for BAM Construction in the north west, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/net-zero-school-design\/101348\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create net zero schools<\/a> and use modern techniques such as our suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/offsite-progression-powered-digital-construction-technology\/110577\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digital construction methods and off-site<\/a> manufacture and assembly allows us to reduce risks to our people and speed up delivery for the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing us make excellent progress and to working with our friends and partners at the school and drawing out benefits for the community around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Education has appointed BAM to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley, Wigan, Greater Manchester as a net zero carbon school project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,3649,17747,93645,696],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-112011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-manchester","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-offsite-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BAM confirmed for \u00a324m Wigan net zero carbon school redevelopment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department of Education has appointed BAM to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Wigan, Greater Manchester as a net zero carbon school project\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bam-net-zero-carbon-school-wigan\/112011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BAM confirmed for \u00a324m Wigan net zero carbon school redevelopment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of Education has appointed BAM to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Wigan, Greater Manchester as a net zero carbon school project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/bam-net-zero-carbon-school-wigan\/112011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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