BRC Weekly Update

BRC PROGRESS UPDATE
ISSUE 36
Contract Update - Week 51
Welcome to this latest BRC update. We are just 15
weeks away from the start of teaching for the
next academic year and this update shows
pictures of finished spaces, spaces that are
nearing completion, as well as timetables for
moves and confirmation of room allocation for
curriculum zoning and staff rooms.
This next photo shows the Principal, Nigel Duncan,
PA to the Director of Capital Projects, Claire Quint,
the Estates Manager, Nelson Williams, and Andy
Martin, the Senior Site Manager from Bouygues
admiring one of the new Art Studios that will be
handed over for use by the College in the next
two weeks.
These first two pictures were taken last week and
show the corner of the new building and its
interface with building A. Once the hoardings are
down in September we are confident the view will
match or better the computer generated images.
This photo shows one of the brand new
classrooms that we have created in B building
complete with AV installed and ready to go for
teaching in September.
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In this picture you can see the operatives working
on the new lift shaft which will provide full
disabled access to the new building plus A and B
buildings. The lift is being clad in the same Trespa
that we have used on the roof and to frame the
entrance ways into the new and refurbished
buildings.
This gives a similar aesthetic as to a well designed
retail space - and once it is full of chairs and
cutting stations the eye will be drawn down from
the ceiling.
The photo on the next page shows the temporary
crane that is being used to lift the glass panes into
the new building.
This photo shows the hair training salon with
ceiling painted, containment and air handling
units in place. We have installed
hardboard/acoustic
panel/foam/hardboard/acoustic panel and
plasterboard ceiling throughout the ground floor
of the new building to help insulate any bass
reverberations that may come from the
performing art spaces above. The mechanical and
electrical services are then hung below the ceiling
so that they do not tamper with the acoustic
insulation.
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This is the new gaming and computing suite taking
form nicely on the prime north west corner of the
new building.
The next photo shows the view from the hair
training salon north east out towards D building
and the Avenue.
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Here is Leah Palmer showing her delight at seeing
IT teaching rooms ready 15 weeks before teaching
starts next year.
This photo shows the view of the new building
from our beautifully refurbished B building, ready
for teaching in September.
This picture shows the new hair and beauty staff
room.
The next photo is of one of our new science
rooms nearly ready to receive tables and chairs.
The science rooms have fixed power, water and
gas stations but are then designed to allow 4
different table layouts depending on subject,
room occupancy and teaching style.
Zoning
Following consultation with the Director of
Curriculum at BRC we have now revised the
zoning arrangements in the new Northern
Campus. A summary of rooms assigned to each
curriculum area is attached below. Key changes
from earlier drafts include the decision to teach
functional skills English and Maths within the
‘home’ curriculum zone and some switches of
curriculum within A and B to minimise further
moves in the summer. The general principle
remains that specialist spaces are on the ground
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and first floors (B and the new building) whilst
general purpose classrooms and IT rooms are on
the upper floors.
Staff rooms
All teaching staff will be located in staffrooms in
A, B or D buildings. These have now been
allocated. If you have any questions regarding the
staff room allocations please speak to your
programme manager or Head of Department or
email your query directly to
[email protected]
Moves
We are pleased to announce that we will be
taking occupation of the building ahead of
schedule. The visual arts teams will be setting up
their summer exhibition on the ground floor of B
building in readiness for the opening of the show
on 25 June.
We plan to move all staff from the south site into
the new staff rooms in the north site before the
summer holidays. Packing crates will be
distributed in the first week of July and a team of
moves specialists will move crates into the
designated spaces in the new staffrooms on 7 or 8
July. In the next 2 to 3 weeks programme
managers will work with the Director of
Curriculum to assign individual workstations to
each member of staff.
The contract planned and date for completion of
works to the new building is 26 July. We are very
pleased to be taking occupation of the building
ahead of this date. However, we will not be able
to move into the new building until it is ready. We
have agreed to commence our audio visual and
special equipment installation during the middle
of August in order to make ready these new
spaces for teaching to start in September.
Staff room allocations
ADF staffroom
EDI staffroom
H&B staffroom
MPA staffroom
CBEN staffroom
Eng & Maths Leads
Science
SPS
HCEY/H&T
BS20
BS22
BF12
BF21 & 16
AG19
AS08
AS08
AS08
to be confirmed
Peter Marsh
Director of Capital Programme
5 June 2015