Morgan Sindall to build Birmingham faith school

Morgan Sindall Construction has won a £18m contract to build a girls’ school in Small Heath for Birmingham City Council.Eden Girls Leadership Academy, which will provide 600 secondary school places, is Birmingham City Council’s first Islamic faith girls’ school.It is also Morgan Sindall’s fifth education contract won through the Constructing West Midlands (CWM) framework this year.Design of the school is based on Morgan Sindall Construction’s standardised MySchool model, which promises time savings both pre-construction and on-site.The new 48,000 sqft campus is on Hob Moor Road, and will comprise 15 general teaching classrooms in addition to three computer rooms, five science laboratories and one science preparatory room, spread across three storeys.There will be a library, a sports hall and playing fields.Related InformationThe Muslim-faith based school will also have a reflection hall for prayer, and an ablutions room.Work starts in November and is expected to complete by spring 2021.Acivico has supplied project management, quantity surveying and clerk of works services.