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[in-enaction] school refurbishments: On shaky foundations


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+  From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:00:09 +0530
| interestingly, design flaws are 'discovered'
| in UK refurbished schools, the World Bank
| guidelines applied around here seem to guarantee
| design flaws.
|
| anyone looking into that?

Flagship schools: On shaky foundations
Billions of pounds are being spent on rebuilding the nation's secondary schools. But many - including two from top architect Lord Foster - have attracted criticism.

By Hilary Wilce
Published: 21 September 2006
Flagship schools: On shaky foundations Flagship schools: On shaky foundations

New schools are going up everywhere. A multi-billion building bonanza is under way, intended to revamp every school in the country.

But as more buildings open up, problems are coming to light. Design flaws are being reported. And experts are starting to query whether the programme is capable of delivering the radical change intended. They fear it might simply result in a lot of "old new schools".

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http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/article1630299.ece



 
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