Shanco collaborated with Elite Systems to deliver a state-of-the-art modular teaching facility at Ysgol Ifor Bach Primary School. The project overcame challenges posed by the hillside location with innovative groundwork solutions, including a 100m retaining wall, a reinforced raft slab foundation, and eco-friendly drainage systems. The team prioritized sustainability and minimised disruptions to daily school operations, ensuring a seamless and efficient construction process that enhanced the school environment for students and staff.

Discover how Shanco successfully delivered a modular childcare unit expansion at Cwrt Rawlin Primary School, overcoming site challenges and ensuring safety in a live school environment. Read about our approach to foundation work, complex drainage solutions, and seamless collaboration with Elite Systems to create new facilities for students and staff.

Hampton Junior Primary School needed to transform its existing sheltered outdoor seating area into a cutting-edge modular dining room. This case study delves into the complexities of this transformative groundworks project and the meticulous logistics involved. 

Shanco partnered with Galliford Try in constructing Greenhead Sixth Form College's Net Zero Carbon in Operation (NZCiO) school building as part of a £25m redevelopment under the Department for Education's School Rebuilding Programme.

Commercial Glazing Modular (CGM) is a company with extensive experience in providing commercial glazing services, primarily to the education and healthcare sectors. Recently, CGM expanded its business to include modular construction. On the recommendation of a modular consultant with whom they had previously collaborated, CGM engaged Shanco for a significant school project.

Northmoor Academy in Central Oldham, Manchester, undertook a significant project to build a new 3FE (Three-Form Entry) primary school, accommodating 630 pupils. Shanco played a pivotal role in completing all groundworks and civil engineering infrastructure for the innovative modular Academy.

We recently supported Interserve (Tilbury Douglas) with the full package groundworks for the construction of the new Discovery Academy in Sheffield. Our scope included all the earthworks, foundations, drainage system, service runs and external hard landscaping including a MUGA pitch.

Shanco was appointed with the critical task of expanding the school's capacity by completing the groundworks for two new modular classrooms. As the contracted groundworks specialist, Shanco tackled this challenge head-on, navigating complex site constraints and intricate infrastructure requirements to ensure a successful outcome.

Hampton Junior Primary School, nestled in a bustling suburban area, envisioned transforming its existing sheltered outdoor seating area into a cutting-edge modular dining room. With the school’s population on the rise, there was a pressing need for expansion. Shanco undertook this challenge to bring this vision to life. This case study delves into the complexities of this transformative project and the meticulous logistics involved.