Seddon gets Lichfield school project gig

BUILDER and developer Seddon has been appointed by Staffordshire County Council to transform a disused adult education centre in Lichfield into a new £2.5m primary school.
 
The construction of Five Spires Academy will see the complete regeneration of the former Cherry Orchard adult training centre, which has been empty for three years, including a modern single storey extension to the 1970s building.
 
The primary school will cater for 210 pupils and provide 26 part-time nursery places when the first phase completes in September.
 
The school, which has been designed by a team at Entrust, a joint venture company set up between Staffordshire County Council and Capita, will be run by Reach2 Academy Trust.
 
This is the sixth project that Seddon, which has offices in Birmingham and Stoke, will have delivered as part of the Staffordshire County Council Construction Framework.
 
Eamonn Burns, regional director for the Midlands from Seddon, said: “We are delighted to have been appointed to regenerate this building, which has been disused for a number of years, into a much-needed new school.
 
“The ability to develop new facilities like the Five Spires Academy is becoming increasingly crucial to support growing communities.

“Last year alone we secured £30mof work to create and refurbish school buildings, and thanks to our appointment to a number of frameworks in the Midlands, we hope to be able to deliver many more in the future.”
 
County Councillor Ben Adams, cabinet member for learning and skills at Staffordshire County Council, said: “Seddon has a good track record in Staffordshire.

“We have worked with them on a number of school building and refurbishment projects which have been delivered on time, and to the highest standard.”