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HENRY BOOT CONSTRUCTION TO DELIVER LANDMARK PARK IN SHEFFIELD CITY CENTRE Henry Boot Construction has been appointed to deliver Pound’s Park – the landmark new public space in Sheffield City Centre, with work set to get underway this month. Seen as a key piece of Sheffield City Council’s Heart of the City programme, Pound’s Park becomes Henry Boot Construction’s third project within the
wider scheme, with the Sheffield-based firm already on site at major residential development Kangaroo Works, and at a second site that features the Elshaw House office development and Cambridge Street Collective – a major food hall and restaurant destination. Named after Sheffield’s first Chief Fire Officer, Superintendent John Charles Pound,
the park will be located on the former fire station site between Rockingham Street, Wellington Street and Carver Street. It will help integrate a network of open spaces that run from Devonshire Green through to the Peace Gardens. It will provide an expansive, safe and accessible space that adds distinctive character and an element of escapism to the city’s busy urban environment. By prioritising walking and cycling, active play and relaxation, all within a visually attractive green setting, the park aims to bring The Outdoor City ethos right into the heart of the city centre. It also provides another world-class space to host outdoor events in the city centre. The Pound’s Park contract was procured through the dedicated contractor framework Pagabo. It is expected to take around one year to complete.
BAM SET TO COMPLETE NEW £7 MILLION CEDARBANK SCHOOL IN WEST LOTHIAN BAM Construction is set to hand over the new state-of-the-art Cedarbank School in Livingston to West Lothian Council. Staff and pupils are expected to start the transition to the new school after the Easter break, following confirmation from delivery partner Hub South East and BAM, the main contractor, that construction will be complete in March 2022.
Cedarbank provides quality education for secondary pupils with additional learning needs from around West Lothian, and is currently spread over three locations.
include a multi-purpose hall, specialist classrooms for CDT, Music, Science, Home Economics, Art, IT and Life Skills in addition to standard classrooms.
The new stand-alone, modern purposebuilt facility will bring Cedarbank pupils from S1 to S6 together under one roof in the same campus as The James Young High School. Facilities within the school
There is also a kitchen/dining area within the school and externally a mixture of natural hard and soft landscaping, comprising of spaces to learn outdoors and an allotment. A dedicated school access road has been built from Dedridge North Road, separate from the Quentin Rise entrance for The James Young High School. The new school is part of a £26.5 million investment in schools dedicated to supporting pupils with additional support needs, which will see a new Beatlie School in Livingston built as well as improvements to Ogilvie Campus in Livingston and the Pinewood ASN School in Blackburn.
22 Construction UK Magazine - April 2022
