Welcome to Construction News, the first of a series of regular updates on the progress on the new Arts Centre, written by Martin Walburn, LEH's Estates Manager. 

Work commenced on the 19th August with the establishment of the construction site to provide a safe, secure working environment for the contractors, Higgins Construction PLC. This was followed by the demolition of the former art block and adjacent music rooms to enable the foundations for the new Art Centre to be excavated.

A safe, working environment is set up

Demolition works get underway

The first phase of foundations have been successfully laid and works on the sub-frame structure are currently under way aided by the erection of a 23.5m (77') crane.

The sub frame takes shape

The crane is erected and fully functional

The construction site has been set up. High quality temporary classroom accommodation is now fully operational.

We are delighted with works to-date. The project is proceeding to schedule and we look forward to providing our next progress report.

29^th September 2011