“Kids? Humph! Who do they think they are?”

we go to great measures to put barriers between construction and education

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making education construction projects education projects

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A school building is not just about design....

(...actually there’s lots to do before, during and after!)

What would happen if young people took charge of an entire school building project?

Student led design

Student led procurement

Student led collaboration

Submission of plans to Hyndburn Council Planning

Department

“The focus of the scheme on building an ecological sustainable building ...is reflected in existing National and Regional Planning Policy and in emerging Local Policy.

The outcome of the department's involvement in the scheme has been extremely positive.

We would actively look to encourage the involvement of school children and the wider community in the development process, raising awareness of the planning process, its impact on society, shaping local communities and built environment. “

Hazel Fox, Planning OfficerHyndburn Borough Council

Meet us in the middle

“We need to think how much our classroom will cost to build and how much it will cost to run, and how we can support our local economy. Local projects should help local people and that makes business sense. We aim to source all building and landscape supplies from within a 50 mile radius of our school thereby helping to support and sustain those local businesses.

We want it to be really green with no carbons. We don’t want it to cost the Earth, so we’re careful about what we use, how we use it and where - and who - it comes from.”

Daniel, age 13Accrington Academy

@ROOTSCOYO

Zero carbon explained …

do the right thing

“We have taken time to design our classroom the right way, all of us working together, sustainably …

… we can not allow the construction to take place in the usual ugly way with waste and problems”

Callum Slinger, RootsAge 14

Construction Commitments The way we will build our eco classroom

Interviews Contractors pitch to be involved

PQQ 60% Written/Scored by Roots

JCT CE 09 Overarching principle = student led collaboration

Collaboration Clusters, Open Book, Last Planner

Material Procurement Recycled, Sustainable, Acc Brick, Earth Exchange, Builderscrap

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PQQPart One: Organisation Details Financial Standing Insurance etc

Pass/Fail + 10% scored by Classofyourown

Part Two: Experience, understanding and commitment

30% scored by Classofyourown

Part Three: Roots Construction Commitments

60% scored by Roots

Issued 16th Nov

Return 9th Dec

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clic with us for the journey

continuous learning and improvement club

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XYZ SERVICES LIMITED XYZ SERVICES LIMITED XYZ SERVICES LIMITED XYZ SERVICES LIMITED WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO? WHAT DO WE LIKE? WHAT WE’D LIKE TO KNOW

MORE ABOUT...HOW DO THEY WANT TO HELP US?

Traditional thinking – innovative thinking. Construction consultancy. Give something back to the local community.

Local. Want to reach carbon target. Thinking of the future of our classroom and the world. Experience using products we are interested in.

CDM Lower costs. Manage the project. Commitments.

Accrington based. They look at reducing costs. Have project managers so it is built on time. Help the planet. Make things are basic but helps. Lots of research on straw bale insulation.

Everyone knows what’s going on? Built lots of different things. They walked here to help sustainability. Their goal is sustainability. Fit Glulam beams a lot. Professional in their approach.

CDM co-ordination. Why they are different to other companies and what will they do differently.

Want to give something back to the town. Give us their knowledge. Other opinions on construction and help us with construction.

Accrington based. 30+ years of experience. Associate office in New York. Traditional skills. CDM co-ordination. Like opportunity to learn and improve young people to know about the construction industry.

Together we can achieve it. Innovative thinking. Social. Local. Sustainability is their goal. Passionate. Knowledge & experience/teamwork = success.

CDM co-ordinator Community, sustainability, knowledge. Lower costs for materials. Want to be part of the change. Locality. Professional approach. Accessible to whole project team. Primary goal in mind. Pass on knowledge. Spread the word.

Based in Accrington. Going concern for 30 years. Many associate centres. They want to pass on their knowledge to us. Want to help us spread the word.

They cover a lot of areas in construction. They think innovatively. They are very local and seem passionate about our zero carbon emission. Main elements are cost, quality, health and safety. They have used many sustainable sources. They have made commitments to us.

What are your policies on equality? What other sustainable projects have you worked on?

They want to make sure it is run properly. Want to help us because they are part of the community and want to give something back.

Accrington Academy ROOTS Eco Classroom Student feedback from Contractor Presentations, 5th November 2010

Development of ideaswith professional people

“I really enjoyed yesterday’s challenge.  It’s amazing to see how much the students have already learnt about sustainable construction (and branding!) from the Eco Classroom project and I’m really looking forward to being part of the journey that will see their ideas being built. “With all the doom and gloom in construction, it’s fantastic to be involved in something so positive and which might make a real impact on the future of the industry”

Mary CrossGlovers Project Services

The Eight Doorways

9.00am

Students are introduced to the day, to basics of sustainability and eight doorways from the Sustainable School Agenda.

Students choose one of the doorway from a short “whats important to you” exercise

1.00pm

After lunch the doorway groups start to develop their presentations with text and pictures.

Each group will be allowed 4 slides with one common format summary slide

9.30am

Working in small doorway groups, students conduct a desk top research exercise.

Helped and facilitated by class of your own, research is put into context of the school, student experiences & ambitions

2.00pm

Doorway groups present their findings to the whole group. Each group has 1 minute per slide, creating a buzz and energy. Summary slides can form the basis of a blog item as a record of the day and further action

11.00am

Armed with notepad, camera and recorder doorway groups undertake field exercise.

Students indentify whats good, bad and ugly around the school relative to their doorway.

2.45 pm

Students invited to visit summary slides posted around the hall adding comments on post-its added onto the slides.

The day concludes with a question & answers session and summary

Doorway Programme

safe guarding

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