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‘An optimal learning environment’
26th April 2016

Glass manufacturer GLASSOLUTIONS has played a key role in creating ‘an optimal learning’ environment for students at Alford Academy’s new Community Campus in Aberdeenshire.

Main contractor Morrison Construction approached Glassolutions to manufacture and install a curtain walling system for the development, choosing glazing products to create a space with temperature control, effective ventilation and natural light.

In recent years, Alford Academy has found it increasingly hard to accommodate its large yearly intake of new pupils. With existing campus capacity at its limit, a £37 million contract was devised by Aberdeenshire County Council, in partnership with hub North and the Scottish Futures Trust, to create the school’s new Community Campus. The new site accommodates 960 pupils and has brought together the primary, secondary and senior years on a single site, as well as providing sport and leisure facilities for the wider community.

The wide range of purposes that the new campus was intended to fulfil meant that versatility was a particularly important aspect of the glazing specification. Glassolutions selected Metal Technology’s System 17 High Rise curtain walling system to form the building’s envelope. With a continuous thermal isolator providing a thermal break throughout, paired with thermally broken casement windows from Metal Technology’s System 4-20 range, the low U-value of this configuration provides high thermal efficiency, maintaining a comfortable internal temperature for students and minimising the need for climate control. Large glass units were chosen to maximise light transmittance and provide a bright interior.

Jim Hanna, project director at Morrison Construction, said: “Working with our partners and suppliers, the Campus was finished ahead of the coming academic term… We are immensely proud to have been involved in bringing this fantastic new resource to fruition for the local community.”

The development, along with project manager hub North, was named a finalist for the Community Development Project of the Year award at the Scottish Property Awards 2016.

www.glassolutions.co.uk

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