Innovaré starts work on £3 million school

Innovaré Systems, one of the UK’s leading providers of structural insulated panel systems (SIPs) have been appointed by Interserve Construction, part of the international support services and construction Interserve group, to start work on an extension to Rowley Hall Primary School, in Rowley Regis, West Midlands.

The new £3 million school building is for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.

Innovaré will be constructing a new 1,500 sq m (16,145 sq ft) building that will provide new classrooms, group teaching spaces, a nursery and a new kitchen for the school. To make way for the new building, the old kitchen has been demolished and the currently occupied nursery will be removed once the project is complete.

The building has been designed by the Authority’s in-house architectural team and is a mix of one and two-storey buildings with pitched and flat roofs. Innovaré is supplying the 162mm wall panels, and 373mm floor joists with a 22mm acoustic deck, as well as providing two roof variations:

·         The flat roof is standard trusses with a ply top deck – this is insulated on site by Innovaré

·         The pitched roof is standard trusses with 162mm i-SIPS panels seated on top.

Councillor Bob Badham, cabinet member for children and families, said: “An additional 210 primary places are being created at Rowley Hall Primary School as part of the council's programme to meet additional demand caused by a 30 per cent increase in Sandwell's birth rate."

Peter Blunt, Managing Director at Innovaré, said: “The extension to the school will help accommodate additional primary school places. It means that the school will be able to operate a new three form entry system, and will also help create up to thirty new jobs.”