huntingdonshire regional college refurbishment
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Front block refurbishment
Joe Greenway
Projects Manager
YOUR LEARNING
YOUR COLLEGE
Project Manager ?
• Lecturer in Biology - 1980 to 1992
• Section Leader – 1992 to 1995
• Head of Faculty – 1995 to 2001
• Assistant Principal – 2001 to 2003
• Vice Principal – 2003-2008
• Capital Project Manager(!) 2008 to date
New build?
• One of the 140 colleges in the LSC Capital programme debacle
• Plan to build two new campuses in two new locations for c.£50 M
• Involved acquisition of two new sites, sale of two existing sites as well as two new builds.
• Appointed as CPM in August 2008 with AiPsubmitted to LSC in September 2008
What now?
• Work ceased in March 2009
• Work on an alternative property strategy commenced September 2009
• CPM & Estates Manager met with all departments to ascertain alternatives and priorities (Sept to Nov 2009)
• Senior team proposals grafted to front of departmental suggestions
Current campus
Current Campus
Current campus
• 1963
• Concrete frame with pre-cast aggregate fascia panels
• Crittal windows – single glazed
• Flat roofs
The Alternative Property Strategy
• 12 projects identified for the period 2010 to 2013, to be delivered in 3 phases.
• Financial plan worked out for phases 1 and 2 of c. £7 M.
(no financial plan for phase 3; too far in future)
• Approved by Governors January 2010.
Two strands
• Summer works 2010
• Refurbishment of the front block and external approaches with provisional programme July 2011 to December 2011.
Summer works 2010
• Relocation of IT Services to central part of campus & upgrade of servers
• Conversion of Library to a Learning Resource Centre
• Conversion and upgrading of rooms and two corridors to install new fire exits, cable trays, new lighting, doors etc.
• Re-roofing of two areas.
• C. £1 M
Refurbishment of Front block
• Brief written by CPM, Estates Manager & Principal
• QS from aborted project employed to work out a cost from the brief.
• Value Engineering to bring the cost into budget
• Governor approval to proceed to a Feasibility Study (March 2010)
• Saunders Boston Associates appointed
Artists ImpressionArc
YOUR LEARNING
YOUR COLLEGE
• New Entrance and Reception
• New Admissions and Student Services
• Two new classrooms and 3 new seminar rooms
• Large breakout space and social area
• Refurbished Refectory
• Reorganised frontage and car parking spaces
YOUR LEARNING
YOUR COLLEGE
Consists of:
Feasibility outcomes
• £2.66 M project
• 248 m2 new build and 607m2 refurbishment
• Design development July 2010 to June 2011
• On site July 2011 to December 2011
• Financial plan in place to procure
• Governor approved June 2010
• Tender exercise to appoint Architect and QS
Design Team
• Saunders Boston - Architects
– Cunnington Clark - M & E
– Richard Hermann Associates – Structural
• Davis Langdon – QS, Employers Agent, CDMC
• Procurement by 2 stage Design & Build
– Tender Exercise for contractor appointment August 2010
THE GRANT!
• Timescale! – must be complete by by Sept 2011. Programme changed to Feb 2011 to Aug 2011 on site
• Maximise funding – up to £1 M available– Included 2 of the summer works projects in the
application
– Brought forward kitchen/refectory refurbishment from phase 2
• Application submitted on time
September 2010
• £1 M Grant from SFA
• Appointment of ISG Jackson and main contractor
• SFA ‘budget’ £3.041M
• Project budget £2.7 M
October –December 2010
• Design development
• Decanting plan
• Stage D report inc cost plan
• Stage D Project budget £2.84M
• Contract sum agreed with contractor 22 December
• Final budget £2.82M
What does it look like?
• College web site link:
http://www.huntingdon.ac.uk/
January to February 2011
• Decanting of various college departments
– Senior Executive Team, HR, Finance, Marketing, Print Services, Student Services, Admissions, ALS, Caretakers, Reception
February 2011
• On site 21 February
• Due to handover 26 August
• Up to Easter on programme and on budget
• Now encountered structural issues
College/Contractor web-site
http://www.isgjcommunity.com/huntingdonshire/