Contractor appointed to £1.5m college extension

Contractor Novus Property Solutions has won a £1.5m contract to deliver a three-storey extension at Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.

The project marks the second education sector win for the contractor in Stoke in the last year, after it was appointed to deliver a £1m extension at Excel Academy in April.

Novus will create a 7,524 sq ft space which will include new teaching facilities and workshops, as well as a large performance room and IT laboratories. It will provide extra teaching capacity and more flexibility for the only dedicated sixth form provider and largest provider of A Level Academic courses in the city, allowing for a greater intake of students.

Dean Povey, build senior operations manager at Novus, said: “It’s testament to our reputation for delivering exceptional results for the education sector that we’ve secured another contract to improve learning facilities in our home city.

“Sixth forms increasingly provide more varied and vocational programmes, which call for more specialised and technical spaces. Our extensive know-how means the project will be executed efficiently and with minimal disruption to pupils and students. We look forward to providing an exciting new learning space for the next generation.”

The work is being delivered in collaboration with architect Wood Goldstraw Yorath and project manager Thornton Firkin.