Kier Group plc : Kier completes Essa Academy, Bolton
January 04, 2012 at 11:53 am
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Kier completes Essa
Academy, Bolton
03/01/2012
Kier working with
Sheppard Robson Architects,
has completed work on the
new £14.5m Essa Academy in
Bolton. The 8,303sq m
academy provides a unique
900 place learning
environment for 11 to
16-year-olds and is now
fully occupied.
The sophisticated,
state-of-the-art learning
facility provides a
business-like environment
that is carefully balanced
with a calm and inclusive
atmosphere. Pupils use
cutting edge ICT (including
their own individual ipod
touch's) with optimum
efficiency to break down
the barriers of learning
and embrace independent and
creative thinking -
developing as confident
citizens ready and prepared
to carve out a route to
future employment.
The design concept for the
site is based around a
processional route from the
site entrance to the
building entrance that
prepares students for the
day of learning. The
building is arranged to
form a welcoming, civic
entrance and encloses a
partially covered
courtyard.
Central to the Essa design
is the International
Business and Enterprise
Centre (IBEC) - an
interactive facility and
official Apple Learning
Centre. Deliberately placed
in the most conspicuous
location -
'floating' above
the reception and the main
entrance - the IBEC is
fully glazed and
interspersed with brightly
coloured aluminium fins, so
that the activities and
events inside can be seen
on the approach to the
building.
Academy principal, Showkat
Badat, commented:
"This fantastic
building has improved
well-being, increased
community pride and
fostered a happy, calm and
business-like atmosphere.
This is a building that
takes innovation rhetoric
into delivered reality.
Design director at Sheppard
Robson, Rupert Goddard
added: "It has been great
to be involved in such an
exciting new project and to
see the team's visions
turned into reality. We
have been fortunate to have
had an enormously
enthusiastic and committed
team from Essa, who have
inputted into the design
from the very start. The
academy transforms the
image of education locally
and provides highly
flexible learning
spaces."
Managing director of Kier
Construction's northern
region, Gary Wintersgill,
also commented: "We are
delighted with the new
academy as it will provide
an educational step change
to the children in Bolton
by delivering an IT rich
and flexible learning
environment. The school
team have been a delight to
work with and very
proactive throughout, which
has enabled us to deliver a
school fit for the 21st
century."
Kier Group plc, Tempsford Hall, Sandy, Bedfordshire
SG19 2BD United Kingdom
01767 640111 01767 640002
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Kier Group plc is an infrastructure services and construction company. The Company is a provider of infrastructure services, construction, and property development. The Companyâs segments include Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property. The Infrastructure Services segment consists of Highways, Infrastructure and Utilities businesses. The Highways business designs, builds and maintains roads for National Highways, Transport for London and a number of district and county councils. The Infrastructure business delivers major and complex infrastructure and civil engineering projects. The Utilities business provides construction and maintenance services, under long-term contracts, to the water, energy, and telecom sectors. The Construction segment comprises regional building, strategic projects, Kier Places, as well as its international business. The Property segment invests and develops primarily mixed-use commercial and residential schemes and sites across the United Kingdom.