Taunton Academy

Architect	Strides
Client	BAM Construction
Contract Value	£7.5m
Duration	2012 to 2014
Services	Full Civil and Structural Design

We were approached by BAM Construction to make a proposal to join their team in competition against other consultants. BAM selected JDL and we went on to secure this project with BAM.

The new academy is a mixture of new 2 and 3 story buildings and structural adaptations of existing buildings, including stripping one 1960’s building back to the bare structure. This project has complicated phasing arrangements on a very confined site. We have designed significant drainage attenuation to allow the existing drainage outlets to be used with flows limited.

Our designs have had to meet the strict bench mark budgets for the current Academies building programme.