OUR WORK
MARRIOTT & LONSDALE SCHOOLS
Atom Consultants played an integral part in Balfour Beatty winning the bid for the Hertfordshire Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF) and came up with a ground breaking industry standard for modular school builds. Unfortunately, this £1.3 billion project got later scrapped by the government and only 2 out of the 100 schools pledged got built. These prototype schools were Marriott and Lonsdale in Stevenage, Herts.
The key objective to Hertfordshire council was to reduce the expenditure on educational facilities, while addressing the increasing capacity needs, providing equal quality of education and maximising the value of existing assets. The predominantly ’60s and ’70s estate, built according to the SEAC/Hill System ( South Eastern Architects Collaboration) needed revamping and a more fitting System Build Method was sought, while still realising significant and rapid economies of production and scale. Atom’s challenge was to come up with a modular method, which would complement as well as fit into existing SEAC build. Hence a BBSB (Balfour Beatty System Build), later renamed to BBi600, was born.
Key advantages of BBi600 are:
- Deliverability, complete testing, factory commissioning
- Improved flexibility
- Expanded product/component range and specifications
- Better established construction programme and continuous improvement
- Demonstration of quality to HCC and schools
- utilisation of smart components to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness
- creation of flexible, adaptable spaces, which are light, generous, comfortable and well ventilated as well as flexible
All internal components were also delivered in a modular method, i.e. all toilet pods, external facades, wall systems, ICT hubs, stair cores and sports halls were manufactured off-site and later installed on site. What’s more, the components were designed to be adjustable to further enhance design flexibility.
BBi600 has set a new industry standard to school builds in UK and is currently used to develop leading edge educational facilities for our future generations every day.
EDUCATION:
” The implementation of Off-Site manufacture for this school delivery programme was an essential part of our winning bid. Atom Consultants helped us develop this exceptional new delivery method for schools and provided our bid team with many highly detailed images which helped explain our proposals to the Clients team. “
Robert Preston
Project Director
Balfour Beatty Scottish & Southern
OTHER PROJECTS
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Salmon Production Facilities in Furnace
Atom Consultants project managed the extension of a salmon hatchery for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd., a salmon farming company located in Furnace, a village in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland, on the north shore of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in the United Kingdom.
Pontefract Hospital, West Yorkshire
Pontefract Hospital, designed by Avanti Architects and built by Balfour Beatty is a model for a new type of community hospital that delivers a range of non-acute services for its local population. A two storey square courtyard building adjacent to the main entrance provides outpatient accommodation, while the taller L-shaped building provides the more heavily serviced and increasingly private zones.
Pinderfields Hospital – Wakefield
The redevelopment of Pinderfields Hospital has been central to the reconfiguration of health services in the Wakefield area. The new construction involved 90,000m² of acute hospital space on a footprint of 22,000m², all on a brown field site.
Inverdee House, Aberdeen- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Inverdee House is an extensive project commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The building created a new office for SEPA and it’s laboratories and also for Scottish Natural Heritage and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The intention in the design of this building was to reduce the impact on the environment through best practices of sustainable design and construction methods. The resulting building achieved a BREEAM excellent rating and an EPC A rating.
Ince Marshes waste wood biomass plant
Atom Consultants developed the construction sequence planning for Balfour Beatty in submitting their bid for the Ince Marshes waste
XSCAPE – Milton Keynes & Castleford
Xscape, Milton Keynes is the ultimate entertainment destination offering a unique
Charles de Gaulle Airport – Paris
Terminal 2E building of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris is possibly the largest modular building in the world.