South Devon UTC

Key facts & challenges

Short Description

South Devon UTC will be the area's first University Technical College, offering learning opportunities for 600 young people between 14-18. The college has been built on a challenging site in Newton Abbot, and will specialise in water, engineering and the environment, to help boost the numbers of technicians in the area. The four storey 4700m2 facility with a full height atrium is also the first rural UTC to be constructed. With innovation and sustainability key to the features and build process, GTEC Weather Defence, which has a fully recyclable gypsum core was chosen for the frame based construction methods, to provide a faster way to weathertight and airtight the building.

Sector

School

Project Value

£10.5 M

Client

South Devon UTC

project

South Devon UTC

Contractor

BAM Construction Ltd

Subcontractor

External: Korbuild Internals: CAP Ceilings & Partitions

Location

Newton Abbot, Devon. UK

country

UK

shortInstallDescription

"A full analysis of the acoustic, fire and spanning performance requirements of all partitions was undertaken and a project pack was produced giving us a very useful set of information to specify and detail the building’s partitions".

installQuoteAuthor

Tommy Burke, Director Brebur Ltd