Benfleet

Glenwood SEN School

Glenwood School is a community special school catering for learners aged 3-19 years all of whom have severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties, including physical disabilities, sensory impairments and accompanying challenging behaviour.

Summary

Location
Benfleet
Client
Morgan Sindall
Sweco Services
Acoustic Assessment and Design, Structural Engineering
Main Contractor
Morgan Sindall
Architect
Architect Curl la Tourelle Architects
Value
£9.5m

Project story

Sweco was involved from planning through to construction. The project is constructed in Cross laminated Timber which has challenges in structural and acoustic design. Sweco worked hard with the design team to ensure the scheme was functional and cost effective. As this is an SEN school, the acoustic performance requirements are higher than standard (BB93) schools. We worked closely with the design team to make sure the acoustic specification was fully integrated into the design.

Key features

  • Cross laminated timber building
  • High acoustic performance requirements