Portakabin provides rolling relocation classroom building solution for Gleeson b

Modular building supplier Portakabin has delivered high quality relocatable classroom accommodation for major upgrade and rebuilding programme in Northumberland’s schools for GB Building Solutions, the Strategic Construction Framework Partners for the region’s County Council. Following a four-way tender process, Portakabin was chosen to provide the relocatable classroom accommodation, with GB Building Solutions citing the superior quality and relocatability of the Portakabin buildings as a deciding factor. Portakabin is a leading modular building supplier in the UK, providing permanent and

temporary accommodation for classrooms as well as other modular building solutions. John Matthews, Business Development Manager at GB Building Solutions commented on the classroom accommodation: “The 12 classrooms will move around the region whilst work takes place on different school sites. There are usually two or three buildings at separate schools at any one time, so relocatability combined with a high-quality learning environment is absolutely vital for us.

“The quality of the classrooms surpassed all expectations and prompted one head teacher to admit that the buildings were far better than their existing old school buildings and not at all what they were expecting from “temporary” accommodation.” The 64m² Portakabin Classrooms buildings exceed DfES size guidelines, and due to the nature of modular construction, they can be up and running within hours of arriving on-site, therefore minimising disruption to the school. Mr Matthews continues: “It was critical to the success of the refurbishment programme that the classroom buildings arrived over the school holidays so minimal disruption was caused. This meant timely delivery was absolutely essential. Again, the service from Portakabin was fantastic, with all the buildings being delivered exactly when needed. I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Portakabin to other contractors.”

As well as offering speedy delivery and high-quality environments, Portakabin Classrooms buildings are delivered to site fully fitted with all electrics and plumbing, reducing the need for additional tradesmen on-site. The buildings have been specifically designed to provide specialist-teaching resources with good ventilation and excellent energy efficiency as well as high levels of natural light – a key factor in productivity and motivation. In addition the Portakabin Classrooms buildings were delivered with a five-year product warranty and 20-year structural warranty¹ as well as the pioneering Portakabin Customer Charter². This states that if Portakabin ever fails to deliver a project on time and to the agreed contract sum, the customer will be entitled to an additional 12 months product warranty. Complete peace of mind comes with knowing that 99.6%3 of all Portakabin projects fulfil this promise by arriving on time and on budget.