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24/05/2013

Construction Begins On Primary School In Coventry

Construction will begin today, 24th May, at the first school to be rebuilt under the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), the Education Funding Agency (EFA) announced.

Whitmore Primary School in Coventry will benefit from a £4.89 million rebuild as part of the government's £2.4 billion programme.

Contractors from Wates Construction – appointed by the EFA in January this year – arrived on site today and expect to complete the rebuild, ahead of the original schedule, by Easter 2014.

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The announcement marks a significant step in the PSBP, the programme to rebuild 261 of the schools in England in the worst condition. Procurement of the work was completed in just 26 weeks.

In total, 261 schools were confirmed in May 2012 to have been successful in their application to the programme, and contractors have been selected for all 8 of the original capital-funded batches.

Wates is also developing the designs for 3 other primary schools, a secondary school and a special school, all of which form part of a £36 million batch of schools in the midlands.

(CD)



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