Portakabin gets technical with £14m UTC contract

YORK’S Portakabin Group has secured a £14m design and build contract for the UK’s first university technical college to be built off-site.

In collaboration with architects Surface to Air, the plan is to integrate modular and on-site construction.

The Global Academy will be opening in September 2016 to provide digital media and broadcast training to 14-19 year olds in the London Borough of Hillingdon, on the site of the Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes.

Simon Ambler, director of the Portakabin Group said, “We are delighted to have been awarded the contract for the UK’s first UTC to be built off site.

“This is part of a really exciting regeneration scheme, which will create a landmark education facility to give young people fantastic, practical training for the broadcast and digital media industries.”

” It also illustrates really well how we can deliver an inspiring, animated and intelligent building in a very short timescale and on a highly complex site.”