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    Morgan Sindall at Birchington Primary: low‑carbon block design notes for engineers

    March 25, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    Morgan Sindall at Birchington Primary: low‑carbon block design notes for engineers

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Morgan Sindall Construction has begun phase-two works on a £13.4m replacement teaching block at RAAC-affected Birchington Church of England Primary School in Kent, delivering a two-storey, 1,455 sqm facility with 10 classrooms, a hall, ICT suite and extended hard-play areas by summer 2027. The timber-frame structure will be fabricated off site, use bio-solar roofing with extensive PV panels, and be powered by ground source heat pumps, with embodied carbon tracked via the CarboniCa tool. Reclaimed bricks from demolished buildings will be reused as façade detailing, supported by Encore Environment’s waste management input and Morgan Sindall’s 10-tonne carbon challenge.

    Technical Brief

    • Phase one delivered two temporary accommodation blocks to decant pupils from RAAC-affected buildings.
    • Morgan Sindall’s contract with the Department for Education is valued at £13.4m for this scheme.
    • Phase two scope includes full demolition of former teaching buildings prior to constructing the permanent block.
    • Internal layout adds four group rooms, a dedicated library, kitchen and ICT suite to the 10 classrooms.

    Our Take

    With both this scheme and the Burnside Secondary Pupil Referral Unit being delivered for the Department for Education, Morgan Sindall Construction is consolidating its position on DfE frameworks, which typically favours repeat contractors that can demonstrate consistent delivery and carbon performance across multiple sites.

    The use of a quantified 10-tonne carbon reduction challenge on a relatively modest primary school project in Kent signals that Morgan Sindall’s sustainability tools (such as CarboniCa) are now being normalised on mainstream southern home counties education work, not just on flagship low-energy builds like Broadford Primary School.

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