Listening ability lands BAM another school

Latest school contract award for BAM Construction is designing and building Daventry Hill School, which is being built on a three-acre site next to the Daventry University Technical College (built by Shepherd) on Ashby Road, close to the town centre.

The school will cater for pupils with mild to profound learning difficulties, including those with physical disabilities.

BAM construction director Dave Ellis said: “BAM is a leader in the field of building for education because we try to understand very precisely how the teachers and pupils will use their building and we consider carefully how the building’s design and construction can enhance their needs. It comes down to listening well, and understanding what they want. It’s therefore a significant achievement for us to have been appointed on this very particular challenge that provides not just an educational building but also a genuine life enhancing opportunity.”

The client agreed. “BAM’s bid demonstrated that it really understands the environment which we need to create for our pupils to feel safe in and to be inspired by, and with the spaces required to deliver specialist teaching and learning and care,” said Peter Burrell from Education Excellence for All Trust (EE4A), an approved Department for Education multi-academy trust and academy sponsor.

BAM worked on the design with architect Hunters.

BAM has also picked up more contracts to build university technical colleges (UTCs) than any of its competitors, with its 20^th award, UTC Portsmouth, announced just last week.

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