Clearview North December 2013 - Issue 145 | Page 37

ALUMINIUM

HELPING TO
REBUILD SCHOOL
COMMUNITY
A rebuilt school near Doncaster,
which boasts state-of-the-art amenities,
has benefited from the specification
of products from glazing systems
manufacturer Senior Architectural
Systems. The contemporary design
of Campsmount Technology College
incorporates a host of innovative
and market-leading curtain
walling systems from Senior.
Campsmount sits between
the villages of Norton and
Campsall in South Yorkshire
and is particularly significant
to people in surrounding
communities as the original
school was completely
destroyed in 2009 by a
fire caused by an electrical
fault.
After the government axed
the Building Schools for the
Future (BSF) programme, the
Campsmount rebuild became
a pilot project for cost saving
reforms and was also the pilot
project for main contractor
Wates Construction’s innovative
Adapt Schools Solutions
design approach. The results

of the project set out the key
recommendations for the
efficient delivery of educational
buildings.
CPMG specified Senior’s
aluminium SMR800 curtain
wall system for the student and
visitor entrances and r