{"id":39366,"date":"2018-03-13T09:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T09:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=39366"},"modified":"2018-03-13T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:13:59","slug":"the-changing-face-of-offsite-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/the-changing-face-of-offsite-construction\/39366\/","title":{"rendered":"Case study: The changing face of offsite construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Raymond Millar, Construction Director at the McAvoy Group and Buildoffsite member, looks at the design and offsite construction of a new state-of-the-art academy in Slough and how it was delivered weeks ahead of programme<\/h2>\n<p>Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy is a \u00a320m education campus and one of the largest-ever modular schools to be built in the UK. It demonstrates a number of innovations that contributed to its early completion \u2013 an unprecedented 17 weeks ahead of programme, giving this new free school the benefit of even earlier occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch Hill is a 1,140-place academy built offsite by principal contractor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcavoygroup.com\/\">McAvoy Group<\/a> for the Learning Alliance Academy Trust. In recognition of its success, the project has already been shortlisted for five industry awards.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/education-and-skills-funding-agency\">Education &amp; Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)<\/a>, this three-storey, 8,750m2 building is an exemplar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mcavoy-completes-building-installation-for-new-school\/36450\/\">offsite education project<\/a> which has a design inspired by the world-leading Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<h3>Pre-construction challenges<\/h3>\n<p>The design for Lynch Hill was initially developed for another site and then had to be adapted for a second and final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/brownfield-development-vs-green-belt-pros-cons\/33572\/\">brownfield site<\/a>. The build programme had to accommodate extensive demolition works, asbestos removal, restricted access and the school\u2019s first intake of pupils, who were located in temporary buildings also on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Construction had to be phased to allow early handover of the sports hall and changing facilities for use by the school.<\/p>\n<h3>Design criteria<\/h3>\n<p>The design brief set out a number of important criteria, all to be met within the ESFA\u2019s available budget:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate the exchange of knowledge with business and encourage a sense of enterprise among students, thereby helping to bridge the skills gap for local companies.<\/li>\n<li>Create an environment for collaborative learning and mentoring, and provide good visibility as part of the school\u2019s anti-bullying strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent acoustic performance.<\/li>\n<li>Community access to the sports facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39368 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"offsite construction\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A design to encourage collaborative learning<\/h3>\n<p>The school is designed around four large multi-functional central spaces that help to maximise natural light and encourage collaborative learning. The use of inspirational messages and bold colours throughout reflects the academy\u2019s ethos of enterprise, aspiration and achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The building features an impressive full-height glazed entrance, a striking timber colonnade and a palette of materials that includes render and timber-effect rainscreen cladding to harmonise the scheme in its semi-rural location.<\/p>\n<h3>Outstanding educational facilities<\/h3>\n<p>Offsite construction was used for the curriculum wing. Facilities include science laboratories, an ICT suite, SEN hub, studios for music, drama and art, areas for informal learning, sixth form study and social space, kitchen and caf\u00e9. An enterprise exchange runs through the core of the building on two levels to facilitate collaboration with local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Externally there is a landscaped area and social space, which form a large arrival plaza at the front of the school. This creates a sense of place and identity for the academy and encourages informal gatherings with its planting and seating.<\/p>\n<h3>Technical advancements in offsite construction<\/h3>\n<p>Lynch Hill demonstrates a number of technical advancements in offsite construction. Larger, 15.6m-long modules and a new lifting system were specially engineered by McAvoy for the project, which reduced time, transport and installation costs and further improved construction efficiency. Some of the steel-framed modules were pre-clad offsite in the factory to further reduce time on site.<\/p>\n<p>The use of a McAvoy offsite solution removed the need for storage of large volumes of building materials on the site, helping to address the issue of restricted access.<\/p>\n<p>Around 65% of the building\u2019s construction was completed offsite. A total of146 modules were installed with doors, windows, ironmongery, internal walls, plumbing, electrics and joinery already in place. This approach reduced the build programme to just 53 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The build programme was around six months less compared to site-based construction for a school of this scale.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39369 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"offsite construction\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/R-Millar.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The client perspective<\/h3>\n<p>Phil Clarke, ESFA Project Manager, said: \u201cThe main driver for offsite for this project was speed \u2013 and to see a building of this scale constructed so quickly was amazing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/10m-investment-modular-construction\/28447\/\">McAvoy construction<\/a> team was fantastic and demonstrated a high level of skill and flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combination of steel-framed construction and the offsite solution works really well and is seamless. You would never know this was a modular build. This is an outstanding secondary school scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Coffey, Executive Head Teacher at Lynch Hill, said: \u201cThis new academy has been developed to address a severe shortfall in school places in Slough. The facilities are terrific and the children are enjoying a fantastic new learning environment and the benefits of cutting-edge design. The building works very well to optimise the space, to provide excellent acoustic performance and high levels of natural light, and to futureproof the needs of the children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe speed of offsite construction was the biggest benefit of the approach on this project. To build a school of this scale over two floors and using a state-of-the-art design within a year is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Digitising construction<\/h3>\n<p>BIM was valuable for the Lynch Hill project, allowing design plans to be reviewed for clash detection of services with the modular structure. This helped to ensure seamless construction and removed the need for additional site works.<\/p>\n<p>BIM allows processes to be streamlined to help deliver better decision making at the earliest possible stages in the life of a project. The increased use of BIM will deliver shorter design periods, giving schools and LEAs the benefit of reduced risk and even earlier occupation. It also allows all of the necessary technical data for the building assets to be embedded into models.<\/p>\n<p>Since the inception of Lynch Hill, McAvoy now offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/virtual-reality-designs-buildings\/32045\/\">virtual reality<\/a>, which is particularly valuable for education schemes to enhance stakeholder collaboration. Teaching staff can now be \u2018put into\u2019 a virtual building and have the opportunity to \u2018walk around\u2019 the building at the earliest design stage to feel and experience its functionality and assess usability.<\/p>\n<h3>The industry view<\/h3>\n<p>Commenting on the project, Ian Pannell, a Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildoffsite.com\/\">Buildoffsite<\/a>, said: \u201cThis project takes the use of offsite for secondary schools to a completely new level for speed, quality and design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime and cost overruns on both public and private sector building projects are still unacceptably high. By contrast and as McAvoy successfully demonstrates with Lynch Hill, offsite construction can significantly reduce risk with much greater assurance of delivery on time and on budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also fantastic to see the synergy between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/can-offsite-construction-solutions-kick-start-a-housing-revolution\/35443\/\">offsite solutions<\/a> and the latest digital technologies. Harnessing BIM allows processes to be streamlined even further, to help facilitate better decision making among schools and local authorities. The enhanced stakeholder engagement at the earliest possible stages of a project will result in truly outstanding buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raymond Millar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Construction Director<\/p>\n<p>The McAvoy Group<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)845 076 0100<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:buildsmart@mcavoygroup.com\">buildsmart@mcavoygroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcavoygroup.com\">www.mcavoygroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raymond Millar, Construction Director at the McAvoy Group and Buildoffsite member, looks at the design and offsite construction of a new state-of-the-art academy in Slough and how it was delivered weeks ahead of programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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":[942,304],"tags":[428,676,627,696,820,739],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mmc-news","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-bim","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-modular-construction","11":"tag-offsite-construction","12":"tag-pbc-today-april-2018","13":"tag-virtual-reality"},"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>Case study: The changing face of offsite construction | Planning, Building &amp; 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