Engineer to design batch of seven privately-financed priority schools for Laing O鈥橰ourke
Engineer Atkins has been appointed by Laing O鈥橰ourke to design seven secondary schools in Yorkshire.
The contractor was appointed to build 拢120m batch of schools by the Education Funding Agency under its Priority Schools 黑洞社区 Programme last month.
Laing O鈥橰ourke has now appointed Atkins to supply it with architectural and engineering services on the projects.
Philip Watson, Atkins鈥� UK design director and lead for education, said the win was a reward for the two firm鈥檚 鈥渏oint investment over the last five years鈥�.
He added: 鈥淲e鈥檝e really embraced modern design and construction techniques to help create affordable and inspirational places to learn and teach.
鈥淲e鈥檙e driving the evolution of education design to deliver value without compromising on quality or the individual identity of schools.鈥�
Paul Sheffield, managing director of Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 Europe Hub, said: 鈥淲e have extensive experience in designing and delivering innovative, high quality solutions to create future-proofed education environments; we look forward to bringing this expertise to bear through this important investment for the region.鈥�
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