Derby schools contract for Balfour Beatty

21st Jun 2010 07:13

Infrastructure specialist contractor Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for a Derby schools project.Derby City Council has named Balfour as its preferred bidder for its £231m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme under which 14 schools in the city will either be built or refurbished.All construction and facilities management will be carried out by Balfour Beatty while information and communications technology (ICT) services across all the schools will be delivered in conjunction with RM Group, the educational ICT specialist. Balfour Beatty will invest equity of £6.6m into the 25-year concession to operate and maintain the school facilities and provide related services for three public/private partnership schools.The initial phase of the scheme will begin in November of this year with the new build of Noel-Baker Community School and Language College and St Martins School, together with the major refurbishment of Derby Moor Community Sports College. All of these schools are scheduled to open for the new academic year in September 2012. Upgrades and new builds of the other schools will commence once financial close has been achieved with all work to be completed for the new academic year in September 2014.