Sandside Lodge School Hands Over Ready for New Academic Year
Last Friday, the new Sandside Lodge School in Ulverston, Cumbria was handed over in plenty of time for the fitting out and finishing touches before the new academic year starts in September 2019.
Working for Seddon Construction, we designed the new school for Sandside Lodge to replace the existing facility that was no longer fit for purpose and located adjacent to an industrial estate.
Sandside Lodge is a special school catering for 80 pupils aged between two and 19 who have learning difficulties and many have additional and complex needs including such as autism, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The new bespoke premises were designed to meet the specialist needs of the pupils and create a learning environment within the local secondary school grounds.
Seddon brought Bowman Riley on board to develop the design after the initial design was found to be significantly over the budget as agreed by Cumbria County Council. This resulted in our appointment to completely redesign the school for Seddon in liaison with the school and the Council to make sure the design met the agreed budget.
We developed a close relationship with the end-user group through a series of regular workshops to ensure the design achieves the school’s specialist requirements, which include a medical room designed to HTM standards, hydrotherapy suite, rebound therapy room, gym, soft play, sensory rooms.
Well done to everyone in the team that have made this project a real success including Seddon, Scott Hughes Design, Tace and our architect, Craig Mewse.