Diminishing school roll numbers dictated the need to merge the
Macandrew Intermediate and Forbury Schools in Dunedin. Signal
Management Group worked with the establishment Board of Trustees
and staff of both schools to facilitate a strategic plan for the
merger and longer term development plan for the merged school,
renamed Bathgate Park School.
Following detailed condition assessments of both schools the
decision was made to merge the two schools onto the Macandrew
Intermediate site, a process which included:
• The decommissioning and
removal of 5 surplus classrooms
• Relocation of Forbury School's playground to Macandrew
Intermediate
• Refurbishment of 10 classrooms to MLE
standards
• Refurbishment of multiple existing aluminium double glazed
windows
• Replacement of the boiler, chimney and
controls
• Rewire of the school to provide full electrical / data /
fibre optic capability
• Fire alarms and emergency lighting brought up to
code.
Timing was a key driver. To minimise disruption to both schools
and to ensure that the new merged school was available for the
start of term 1 2012, careful planning resulted in design and
construction being fast-tracked inside three months with the
majority of the construction work associated with the $1.2M project
being carried out during the Christmas recess.
As a result of the merger project Signal has subsequently been
engaged to plan and manage a number of other on-going upgrades
around the Bathgate Park School campus.