The solution

Working closely with Education Alliance Group to an agreed phased schedule, Innova designed, manufactured and installed the complete renovation in 7 weeks including the additional challenges of working during lockdown.

Our successful delivery of the project was attributed to a number of key factors including:

• Working in partnership.

• Communicating effectively, bi-weekly meeting to monitor the progress of the project to plan and budget.

• Providing the flexibility to adapt to change and managing any risks accordingly.

The additional lockdown challenges were addressed by modifying our key processes from facilitating video conferencing sessions, social distancing, carrying out additional risk assessments, daily health & safety checks, plenty of on-site notices to arranging sanitising facilities. We ensured government guidelines were followed closely to keep the project team SAFE and WELL.

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The new Science department is now a flexible environment, accommodating different teaching styles from group work to practical and theory sessions and it’s great to hear both student and staff are loving their new spaces!

Each laboratory has been installed with a Flexi-POD layout.  This type of lab design allows the teaching staff to easily reconfigure the layout in number of ways, as the POD, containing all the services is static and the free standing tables can be positioned around the POD.

• Pod units provide students with the necessary services for practical work, without taking up valuable desk space

• Students have a good view of the teacher depending on the layout

• Promotes collaboration, easier to configure workspace to accommodate both practical and theory work

The teacher demo area provides a focal point for educators to demonstrate experiments and with plenty of drawer, cupboard and Gratnell tray storage means the classrooms can be kept clutter free.