Darwen Academy

Project Value: £2.75m

Client/Contractor: Darwen Academy College /ISG

Architect: PRP

M&E: TACE

Start/End Date: February 2014 - Anticipated completion December 2014

Serv Structures, Refurbishment, Report and Advisory

Full refurbishment & extension of a 3 storey Victorian Lodging house in Darwen town centre. The innovative scheme involves the inspection, assessment and reuse where feasible of the existing building structural fabric together with the construction of a 3 storey steel framed extension which reflects the original buildings massing whilst providing an enclosed central 3 storey atrium streetscape opening the building up to both students and the street. The building will ultimately provide an exciting new teaching facility under the EFA framework of new schools and Academies.

The scheme is designed to serve the changing needs and aspirations of the local students and to act as a catalyst to create a vibrant sustainable employment opportunities to the local community.