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| BAM to build £11 million UTC in Devon BAM Construction is to build an £11 million university technical college on a challenging site in Newton Abbot. The contractor, which has offices in Exeter, will create South Devon UTC on a split level former garage site. BAM will demolish existing buildings as well as remediating the Kingsteignton Road site, which has asbestos and hydro carbon contamination to be cleaned up. It will then build a four-storey facility to be used by 600 pupils and 75 staff. The UTC will specialise in water, engineering and the environment, with open-plan learning spaces and technical workshops. A full-height atrium will be used as an entrance hall, while the outside will feature space for a multi-use games area as well as dining terraces. A retaining wall divides the site in two, with one section 4m higher than the other. A basement will be located on the lower land, and be used to house building services plant. BAM Construction Western is an accredited national skills academy for construction, and will be using the project to give opportunities to young people, working alongside UTC sponsor South Devon college. BAM will also provide sustainability features as learning tools, including water butts and water-saving toilets with see-through panels at the back all of which will aid learning in the UTC. The contractor won the right to negotiate a deal on South Devon UTC when it was awarded Swindon UTC last year. The projects are often given out in batches through the Education Funding Agency's contractors framework. Work on South Devon UTC is due to begin in June 2014 and be completed for use in January 2016. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |