Category Archives: New build
Equality & Diversity Award for Bournville College
Bournville College is the first College in Birmingham to receive The Investors in Diversity – Stage 2 recognition… Read on…
Hair raising charity event at the new Bournville College
The construction team responsible for building the new £66 million Bournville College at Longbridge in Birmingham took time out recently to have their hair cut in aid of charity. Students studying hairdressing at Bournville College visited the site of the … Read on…
Architect’s blog – continued
The last few months have been very busy. You may have noticed that the external envelope of the building is now nearly complete meaning the building is practically watertight. This has allowed us to start decorating and carpeting the internal … Read on…
Locking time in a time capsule
Students of Bournville College have celebrated the burial of a time capsule at the new £66 million campus in Longbridge. In the years to come, the time capsule will reveal its contents and provide an interesting guide of the history of Bournville College and Longbridge. Read on…
News from the building site – April 2011
The Bournville College site has made considerable progress since the last blog update. The building is becoming progressively watertight as the cladding to all areas nears completion. The frame for the glazing at the west end of the spine has … Read on…
New campus reaches major development milestone
Construction of the brand new £66 million Bournville College at Longbridge has reached an important milestone, with developer St. Modwen, Shepherd Construction and the College celebrating the topping out of the development. Marking the completion of the six-storey structural frame, … Read on…
Architect’s blog
Hello, my name is Salim and I am the Architect for the new Bournville College’s campus in Longbridge. My role was to design the campus and now work with the College and the main contractor to transfer the design from paper into a real-life building. January … Read on…
Bournville College unveils its new logo
In preparation for the big move to a £66 million new build campus in September 2011, Bournville College unveiled its new logo on 1st December. The logo has been revealed for the first time on the new Bournville College’s website … Read on…
Bournville students visit the new build site for the first time
The very first group of Bournville College students was given a unique opportunity to visit the construction site of their new £66 million campus in Longbridge. Students Toni Stewart, Ashley Mullaney, Dan Bellenger, Tamara Pulley and Roberta Harrhoff, all studying … Read on…
News from the building site
I’m a trainee quantity surveyor, working for Shepherd Construction and I thought I would keep you posted on the latest developments on the site, as we work hard to build the new campus for Bournville College. September You might have … Read on…