{"id":95231,"date":"2021-06-25T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=95231"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:46:26","slug":"tilbury-douglas-cedars-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/tilbury-douglas-cedars-academy\/95231\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilbury Douglas completes Cedars Academy redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/tilburydouglas.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tilbury Douglas<\/a> has handed over another scheme in the education sector after completing a project to modernise The Cedars Academy in Birstall, Leicestershire<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/interserve-win-cedars-academy-contract\/59626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redevelopment of the academy<\/a>, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lionhearttrust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lionheart Academies Trust<\/a>, includes the construction of a new science block, refurbishment of a sports hall and changing rooms, and new catering facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The works at the 11-19-year co-educational school were undertaken on a \u2018live\u2019 operational site and during the lockdown periods due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The project builds upon Tilbury Douglas\u2019s successful partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Education<\/a>. In 2017, Tilbury Douglas secured a place in all eight lots for the mid-value band of the DfE\u2019s new \u00a38 billion construction framework.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also worked with the DfE for more than 20 years \u2013 successfully delivering more than 30 Priority School Building Programme and Free School projects.<\/p>\n<h3>A &#8216;hub for our pupils and our local community&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>During the construction process, Tilbury Douglas also supported the school by sponsoring the Academy\u2019s North Hub Careers Event, which was attended by over 450 pupils from local secondary schools. Tilbury Douglas colleagues gave an insight into the various roles and routes into the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Sanchez, executive principal for The Cedars Academy, said: \u201cThe Cedars Academy is privileged to be based on a large site in Birstall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state-of-the-art science facilities have improved the education our pupils receive. We have a newly refurbished sports hall and dining facilities that are used by pupils and in the evening by local community groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of the Lionheart Academies Trust, we recognise that educational excellence and holistic development are the two cornerstones of successful education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campus has been transformed over several years, and it is somewhere we can all be very proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Butler, managing director for Tilbury Douglas in the Midlands, added: \u201cWe are delighted to hand over another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/topping-out-cedars-academy\/64152\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">successful scheme in the education sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe improved facilities will provide an enhanced learning environment for pupils and illustrates our expertise and experience in delivering education projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tilbury Douglas has handed over another scheme in the education sector after completing a project to modernise The Cedars Academy in Birstall, Leicestershire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[24813,464,3649,639,13889],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-contributor-profile","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-procurement","11":"tag-tilbury-douglas"},"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>Tilbury Douglas completes Cedars Academy redevelopment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tilbury Douglas has handed over another scheme in the education sector after completing a project to modernise The Cedars Academy in Birstall\" \/>\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\/tilbury-douglas-cedars-academy\/95231\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tilbury Douglas completes Cedars Academy redevelopment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tilbury Douglas has handed over another scheme in the education sector after completing a project to modernise The Cedars Academy in Birstall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/tilbury-douglas-cedars-academy\/95231\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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