Whitecross High School, Herefordshire
Client:
Herefordshire County Council
Stepnell recently completed this new design and build 900 student High School project on a green field site. The building was designed for full community use and included exceptionally low energy consumption and the use of materials from sustainable sources and renewable energies and included “Velfac” windows, cedar cladding, green roof, sustainable drainage, and recent planned addition of a wind turbine.
As a specialist sports college, the new school included a high standard of sporting facilities including all-weather pitch, multi use games area, fitness suite, oversized four court sports hall and small gymnasium. Other facilities included a conference and meeting rooms, flexible teaching spaces including open areas within the library. Stepnell is the principal lead for this project not only bringing together exemplar design and construction teams but also funding the project.
This full involvement throughout all aspects of the project including design, planning, construction and the ongoing maintenance and lifecycle of the building has ensured that Stepnell takes full responsibility for every aspect of the project.
"probably the best or second best learning environment in the country"
Colin Ashford, Principle Consultant, BRE
Download the Whitecross CLIP case study
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While working on educational projects for the Herefordshire Council, Stepnell has developed a consistent and highly effective team, which is delivering a major work experience programme, upskilling employees across the team and achieving enhanced performance and profitability through the same team being engaged on successive projects. This has led to Stepnell winning the WMCCE Integration and Collaborative Working Award 2010 - find out more here.
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