Tue, 12 May 2026 14:32:47 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302954#Comment_302954 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302954#Comment_302954 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 20:50:55 +0100 djh
How does building control work for DfE schools? How can nobody have noticed serious structural problems for four years and five schools?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302970#Comment_302970 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302970#Comment_302970 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:47:40 +0100 Jonti Posted By: djhDoes anybody know anything about this ex-company? Three schools ordered to be closed because unsafe and perhaps demolished, two more part-built ones already demolished. It went into administarion last year and seems to have been based near Nottingham although registered in Scotland.

How does building control work for DfE schools? How can nobody have noticed serious structural problems for four years and five schools?

I don't know about in in England but up here in Scotland we build one hospital after the other without passing on any feed back to either the architects or other health boards. We also build huge housing estates where the vast majority of buildings never see any inspections. We build ferries for hundreds of millions of pounds without any proper plans. That is how you end up with schools being closed for structural reasons as I doubt England is any better.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302971#Comment_302971 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302971#Comment_302971 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:21:37 +0100 djh Posted By: Jontiup here in Scotland we build one hospital after the other without passing on any feed back to either the architects or other health boards.AIUI in England there's no need to pas feedback from one place to another, because they'll all be identical pre-fab builds controlled centrally, if they are ever forced to actually build even one new one (as opposed to lots of talk about building them) :(]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302972#Comment_302972 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302972#Comment_302972 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:48:14 +0100 revor https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302973#Comment_302973 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302973#Comment_302973 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:25:51 +0100 djh https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302976#Comment_302976 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17932&Focus=302976#Comment_302976 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:32:28 +0100 WillInAberdeen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39580308

The unsafe school buildings built by CM include modular classrooms and conventional site-built sports halls. So seems to me like a supervision problem with that contractor/client rather than a technology problem with the module system. Hopefully we will find out more if the client release their report.

If you are sitting GCSEs/equivs this coming year then having your school suddenly close like this has massive consequences, happened to a friend's son. Someone should be accountable.]]>