Thurston Building Systems Lowers first student accommodation
unit into place at Askham Bryan Collage part of £5 million contract
A £5m project to provide state of the art
accommodation for students at Askham Bryan College near
York will get underway this week as the first “pods” are
craned into position.
The project comprises three accommodation centres –
three blocks each of three storeys – made up of
individual units or pods ie the accommodation has been
constructed off site and will be lowered into position
as complete units, designed and manufactured by Thurston
Building Systems.
Steve Hodges, Divisional Projects Director for Thurston,
has been working closely with the college, he said: “We
are pleased to be working with Askham Bryan College,
which is recognised as one of the foremost providers of
land-based further and higher education in the North of
England. This has been a major project for the Thurston
Group and we are delighted to see the first of the
accommodation centres arriving on site.”
Situated at the heart of the campus, the all steel
framework means the 189 en-suite rooms are virtually
sound proof and have been completed to a high
specification. The accommodation also includes
accommodation for wardens and nine accessible rooms for
students with physical disabilities. The centre replaces
existing accommodation which was demolished earlier this
year.
Askham Bryan College has some 700 full time students of
which approximately a third are resident on site. The
first of the new buildings will be completed by
September for the beginning of the academic year and the
scheme is scheduled for completion by April 2007.
Principal, Professor Gareth Rees said: “This is an
important and exciting day for the College. It is the
largest single building project in our history and means
we will have a high standard of accommodation to match
the high standards of teaching. Year on year we are
seeing the number of students growing, and this trend
seems set to continue, particularly at Higher Education
level.”
He added: “One of the long term benefits of the pod
system is that it significantly reduces heating and
lighting costs as well as providing high quality
facilities.” The contractors are Thurston Building
Systems which has its headquarters in Wakefield.
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