Bouygues scoops £60m London college revamp job | Construction News

Bouygues UK has bagged a bumper job to deliver four new buildings at Stanmore College.

The contractor said it will start work at the college “imminently” including the replacement of four existing buildings with new builds.

It will use its kit-of-parts approach for education projects, which Bouygues said would “help ensure flexibility, affordability, sustainability, reduced ongoing maintenance and surety of price and programme”.

Bouygues will first reconstruct blocks A and B at the college, before working on blocks on the rest of the site. This will allow the college to stay open during the works.

The new site will include a new lecture hall, sporting facility and gym, which will be equipped with solar panels and natural ventilation.

Stanmore College said Bouygues will make a “concerted effort” to carry out the works during non-peak hours to minimise the impact on students.

Work is set to finish in summer 2027. Bouygues said its first cohort of T-level students will start internships in design and surveying and planning as the project gets underway.

Bouygues took the job under the £7bn CF21 Framework, which was announced in 2023. The new college will be funded by the Department for Education’s (DfE’s) Further Education Improvement Programme.

Bouygues UK managing director for London and the South East Phillippa Prongué said the education sector was a “key focus” for the firm.

“Our construction methods for schools have evolved in line with the DfE’s output specification and we are looking forward to using our kit-of-parts approach and incorporating more offsite construction,” she added.

“We know that the construction of high-quality education buildings plays a key role in producing better student outcomes.”

In May, Bouygues completed construction work at the Ray Dolby Centre at the University of Cambridge. The £303m job to construct the 32,900 square metre Department of Physics followed a £32.2m job to develop Pencoedtre High School in Wales, a 1,200-capacity site that got planning permission in 2019.