Abbey View Primary School

Project:

Abbey View Primary Academy

Client:

Buckinghamshire County Council

Contractor:

Morgan Sindall

Architect:

GSS Architecture

Value:

£6.6m:

Location:

South East

GIFA:

1,756 m²

NEED

The benefits of offsite construction were realized when Morgan Sindall teamed up with Innovaré to create a high-quality, airtight, and energy-efficient building for Abbey View Primary Academy. The academy offers a first-class education facility for 420 students and 52 pre-school places, designed to grow with the population. The first phase includes a two-storey building with teaching spaces, an assembly room, sports hall, and dining hall, providing 210 primary and 26 pre-school places. The second phase links to future residential development.

SOLUTION

The design uses Innovaré’s SIPS, Insulated Panel System, forming a complete dry structure. This system outperforms traditional methods, accelerates delivery, reduces waste, and improves sustainability. It meets ambitious construction targets by shortening schedules and enhancing building performance.

OUTCOME

Early collaboration ensured the design met client requirements. Regular meetings established a robust delivery schedule, with M&E services integrated into the panel manufacture to avoid onsite clashes. The advanced offsite timber technology maximized efficiency and quality, delivering Abbey View on time and budget in 42 weeks, snag-free. The structural frame, including roof, walls, and floors, was completed in nine weeks. The i-SIP System’s enhanced performance will reduce maintenance and energy costs over the building’s lifetime.

Sarah Valentine, Principal said:

“The construction team has been a brilliant source of inspiration for our students. Their work experience placements at Abbey View Primary Academy have been extremely rewarding and enabled them to gain valuable experience with an outstanding team. We’d like to thank them for their enthusiasm and for giving so freely of their time and knowledge while supporting and encouraging our students.”