Morgan Sindall 萝莉原创鈥檚 Northern Home Counties business was awarded the work at Newman Catholic College, Preston Park Primary School, and St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School by the borough via the SCAPE construction framework. Each school will be able to offer special education needs places for an extra 16 students.
At Newman Catholic College, works included the construction of a new two-storey building comprising two classrooms, a sensory room, therapy room, and staff room, totalling 拢3.4 million. At Preston Park Primary School and St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School, single-storey extensions were delivered, each providing two new classrooms, a sensory room, therapy room, and staff facilities. Preston Park Primary School works totalled 拢3.2 millionwhile expandingSt Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School totalled 拢3.4 million.
All three schools have also benefited from newly landscaped outdoor areas, including soft landscaping, dedicated planting zones, and covered external spaces designed to support outdoor learning and play.
The contractor made use of a structural insulated panels timber frame system for each project, with a brick facade to blend into their surroundings. The offsite-manufactured solution reduced reliance on traditional concrete, the contractor said, lowering embodied carbon while speeding up programme delivery and minimising disruption to the live school environments.
Morgan Sindall saved 38.3t carbon dioxide equivalent across the three schools. The project team replaced the internal wall system from metal to timber across the three sites, removed the concrete paving slab at St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School, and swapped concrete to plastic for the manhole and used a bigfoot system on the roof at Preston Park Primary School. Embodied carbon assessment was conducted using the CarboniCa tool.
Piar Kahai, quantity surveyor for Morgan Sindall 萝莉原创, said: 鈥淭his project means a lot to me personally. I grew up in Brent and went to a primary school just like St Margarets, so I know exactly how much these schools do for local families. Being able to come back as a local resident and help create better spaces and improved SEN provision for the next generation genuinely feels like giving back to the community that shaped me. What makes it even more special was the focus on using local labour and local subcontractors, ensuring the benefits of this project stay within Brent, and that鈥檚 something I鈥檓 truly proud to have been part of.鈥�