Highfields And Penn Fields School, WOLVERHAMPTON

Client: Carillion

Value: £2.5 million

This scheme forms part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative in Wolverhampton.

The overall scheme is for the construction of a single new school building, which combines two existing schools in new accommodation on one site. The project is being built in the grounds of the Highfields School, which is a specialist science college. The Penn Fields Special Needs School is to be relocated to this site and have its facilities within the new building.  Both schools will retain their identities within the combined building and share sporting and administration facilities. A J Morrisroe were invited to tender for this scheme by Carillion because of the good relationship established at the Birmingham Library Project.

A J Morrisroe have been employed to construct the Superstructure frame of the new building, comprising:    

New Build: Construction of reinforced concrete columns and walls from ground floor level, the construction of three suspended concrete floors and the construction of reinforced concrete upstands. The slabs are to be post-tensioned and design of the post-tensioned slabs is by Morrisroe.