Harborne Academy

Harborne Academy

Project Brief

A new £11.5 million building built to the front of the existing school to include a national standard sports hall, movement hall, drama studio, main hall, dining and learning facilities as well as a range of classrooms, whilst allowing the Academy to continue to operate.

The existing school was unaffected during the duration of the works requiring close co-operation between the main contractor, the school and GECON to design and manage clearly defined pedestrian and plant access routes.

Works Performed

  • Site clearance and waste disposal
  • Service Diversions
  • Deep drainage
  • 5m high in situ concrete retaining walls
  • Sub-structure to ground floor

Temporary Works

  • 110m of 7.5m deep Larsen interlocking piles.
  • 6000m2 concrete to upper composite floors.