Department for Education Archives

How parametric modelling can help schools cut carbon and improve comfort

Mott MacDonald has used parametric modelling to meet Department for Education design requirements on more than 50 school refurbishments. Monica Donaldson-Balan explains.

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News

Galliford Try IFC tools endorsed by DfE for all

The Department for Education (DfE) has endorsed a suite of educational and practical information management resources developed by Galliford Try for use by the former’s wider supply chain.

The Addington Valley Academy, built by Kier Construction, with the help of Powerproject

Projects

How Kier learned to expect the unexpected with planning software

Kier Construction completed the £14m Addington Valley Academy, a new two-storey special needs secondary school in the London Borough of Croydon, in time for the start of the academic year last September. But it wasn’t plain sailing, so project planning software was key – and not a little ingenuity – for Kier’s award-winning project manager Ed Dwight.