Sedgehill School

Theory

Sedgehill School is a specialist performing arts college in art, dance, drama and music and is the largest school in Lewisham, with almost 1720 pupils. The design brief for the new school was to make it accessible and welcoming to parents, pupils and the community.

The London Borough of Lewisham is committed to a huge programme of school renewal, rebuilding or refurbishing all its secondary schools to create state-of-the-art learning environments. Sedgehill was one of two ‘sample schools’, and the first to benefit from the delivery plan.

Delivery timescales were very tight, with a 15-month build programme. The brief was to deliver a sustainable solution, with the Borough targeting 10% renewable energy on the sample schools, ahead of a 20% target on future projects. The construction site overlapped with the existing school, so carefully-phased construction and fit-out was essential to avoid disruption to pupils’ education.

Practice

The successful handover of each phase on time was a major achievement, only possible thanks to the close working relationship between all partners from the project team. In an example of the team working together, our off-site team manufactured the plant room ‘pods’ for rooftop installation collaborating closely with planning and programming, logistics and the procurement team to ensure each milestone was achieved.

NG Bailey was able to value engineer a number of key components in order to reduce cost and time while meeting a demanding set of Authority’s Requirements and contract documents.

The school is predicted to achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘very good’ and also satisfies the client’s 10% renewable energy target, despite having a more sophisticated ICT infrastructure, bigger spaces and more classrooms. Our package included a biomass boiler and solar energy for hot water as well as a photovoltaic array. We optimised natural light and natural ventilation, ‘forcing’ fresh air through the building.

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Project Details

Client

Lewisham Borough Council

Main Contractor

Costain

Consultant

Bryden Wood Mcleod

Contract Value

£6.3M

Outcome and Added Value

Our sustainable energy solutions and intelligent building services delivered a 10% CO2 reduction despite an increase in space and ICT infrastructure. Over 1700 pupils are now enjoying their specialist performing arts college, which was handed over on time, in budget.