Building Schools for the Future - UK 2009-2023

Building Schools for the Future - UK 2009-2023 published by AMA Research in August, 2009. This report consists of 76 pages and the price starts from US $ 1150.

Introduction

Abstract

Key areas in the report:

• Background to the BSF Programme, revised construction targets and plans for work under Waves 7-15
• In-depth analysis of education funding and capital expenditure in the UK, with forecast investment levels up to 2011.
• Overview of education construction sector in the UK with Government targets and progress to date, including major education construction programmes such as BSF, Academies
• Framework and the Primary Capital Programme.
• Impact of the economic downturn on BSF projects.

AMA Research have published the 3rd Edition of its overview of the Government' s Building Schools for the Future Programme - UK 2009-2023. This report reviews the structure of the programme assessing budgets, timescales and key consortia members, identifying opportunities for contractors and material suppliers in this £50+ billion sector.

Areas of particular interest:

• Total capital cost of the BSF Programme now estimated at £52 -55 billion.
• Specification and procurement of BSF work and analysis of role of ' Smart PFI' and levels of private finance in the Programme.
• Analysis of the progress of BSF since the last edition of this Report and the reasons behind delays on the Programme.
• Key influences on BSF Programme - sustainability, the new minimum design standard for BSF schools, contribution of BSF projects towards local regeneration.
• Assesses the impact of the BSF programme on the UK construction industry with analysis of the key contractors, consultants and suppliers bidding for work.
• Impact of recession in 2009 - PFI funding, rising debt, threats to programme.

Some of the companies and consortia included:

Balfour Beatty, BAM (HBG), BDP, Bouygues UK, Bovis Lend Lease, Bowmer & Kirkland, Capita Symonds Group, Carillion, Catalyst Education, Concentra, Costain Group Plc, Environments for Learning (E4L), Equitix, Ferrovial Agroman, Fsquared Ltd, Galliford Try, GF Tomlinson, Inspired Spaces, Interserve Project Services Investors in the Community Consortium, Kier Investments, Laing O' Rourke, Land Securities Trillium Consortium, Learning21, Mitie, Nord Anglia Education Plc Pyramid Schools Consortium, Skanska, Somerset Learning Partnership, Transform Schools Consortium, VT Group Plc, Willmott Dixon.

Key areas covered in the report include:

EDUCATION SPENDING AND CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT

• Value of total education spending in the UK, with forecasts to 2011
• Overview of DCSF spending and early release of funds announced in March 2009
• Overview of education capital investment to 2011
• Analysis of construction output in the education sector, with Government targets and progress to date
• Review of major construction programmes in the UK education sector, including BSF, the Academies Programme and the Primary Capital Programme

OVERVIEW OF THE BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAMME

• Overview and background to BSF
• Review of financial allocations under the BSF Programme to 2011 and anticipated future costs - now estimated at over £50 billion
• Overview of financial investment under BSF and indicative conventional costs and PFI credit allocations for each project in the first 5 waves of BSF
• Detailed assessment of the workings of BSF and the structure and responsibilities of BSF partners
• Analysis of procurement stages in BSF and average time taken by each BSF project in waves 1-5 to reach each stage
• Analysis of progress under Waves 1-6 of BSF and a review of Wave 7 and beyond - key schemes, players etc
• Projections for the number of schools open to 2014 under Waves 1-15 of BSF
• Government targets and current status of BSF Programme - projections up to 2023
• Overview of Academies Programme and Primary Capital Programme including current status, investment levels, consortia involved and procurement

FACTORS AFFECTING BSF PROGRAMME

• Procurement and specification processes for BSF work
• Use of PFI in BSF work and procurement problems experienced so far under the Programme
• Environmental issues - sustainable construction, BREEAM Schools, the new minimum design standard for BSF schools, and the contribution of BSF projects towards local regeneration
• Analysis of the use of prefabricated building techniques under the BSF Programme.

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT IN THE BSF PROGRAMME

• Analysis of the key consortia currently bidding for work under the BSF Programme together with their constituent contractors, consultants, education specialists and suppliers.
• Overview of companies involved as Framework Consultants under BSF.
• In-depth analysis of the key contractors bidding for BSF work, key consortia, members, new entrants, opportunities in future.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 4

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS 6

3. EDUCATION SPENDING AND CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 11

• 3.1 OVERVIEW 11
• 3.2 TOTAL EDUCATION SPENDING 11
  • 3.2.1 DCSF Spending 13
• 3.3 EDUCATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT 13
  • 3.3.1 Early Release of DSCF Funding - March 2009 15
• 3.4 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR 18
  • 3.4.1 Outlook for Education Construction Work 19
  • 3.4.2 Education Output - Government Targets and Progress to Date 21
  • 3.4.3 Major Education Construction Programmes 23

4. THE BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAMME 25

• 4.1 OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND TO THE BSF PROGRAMME 25
• 4.2 INVESTMENT IN BSF 25
  • 4.2.1 Future Costs 28
• 4.3 HOW BSF WORKS 28
  • 4.3.1 BSF Waves 1-3 29
  • 4.3.2 BSF Waves 4-6 35
  • 4.3.3 BSF Wave 7 and Beyond 39
• 4.4 GOVERNMENT TARGETS AND CURRENT STATUS OF THE BSF PROGRAMME 40
  • 4.4.1 Outlook for BSF 42
• 4.5 ACADEMIES PROGRAMME 43
  • 4.5.1 Programme Overview & Progress to date 43
  • 4.5.2 Academies Framework 2010 43
• 4.6 PRIMARY CAPITAL PROGRAMME 44
  • 4.6.1 Overview 44
  • 4.6.2 PCP Funding 45
  • 4.6.3 Roll Out of the Programme 45
  • 4.6.4 PCP Procurement 47

5. FACTORS AFFECTING THE BSF PROGRAMME 48

• 5.1 PROCUREMENT 48
  • 5.1.1 PFI 48
  • 5.1.2 Procurement Methods for BSF 48
• 5.2 PROCUREMENT ISSUES IN BSF 49
  • 5.2.1 Bidding Process in BSF 49
  • 5.2.2 Procurement Time 51
  • 5.2.3 Costs 55
• 5.3 DESIGN ISSUES 56
  • 5.3.1 Sustainability 56
  • 5.3.2 BREEAM Schools 56
  • 5.3.3 Design 58
  • 5.3.4 Local Regeneration 59
  • 5.3.5 Prefabrication and Offsite Techniques 60

6. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT IN BSF 62

• 6.1 CONSORTIA IN BSF 62
• 6.2 ADVISOR FRAMEWORKS 65
• 6.3 KEY CONTRACTORS INVOLVED IN BSF 67
  • 6.3.1 Overview 67
  • 6.3.2 Key Contractor Profiles 70

APPENDIX 1 75

TABLES AND CHARTS

• TABLE 1 BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT AND BUILD PROGRAMME 2009-2020 (NO. OF SCHOOLS, WAVES AND BUDGETS) 6
• CHART 2 VALUE OF TOTAL UK EDUCATION EXPENDITURE 2004-2011 (£ BILLION) 12
• TABLE 3 DCSF SPENDING 2007 - 2011 - MIX BY RESOURCES & CAPITAL (£ BILLION) 13
• CHART 4 SCHOOL BUILDINGS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE 2007-2011 (£ BILLION) 14
• TABLE 5 EDUCATION CAPITAL ACCELERATION PACKAGE - MARCH 2009 16
• TABLE 6 LA BREAKDOWNS - SCHOOLS CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS ACCELERATED FROM 2010-11 TO 2009-10 - TOP 20 ALLOCATIONS 17
• TABLE 7 CONTRACTORS OUTPUT OF EDUCATION SECTOR WORK (PUBLIC/PRIVATE) 1998-2008 (£M) 18
• TABLE 8 SUMMARY INFORMATION - PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS FUNDING 2008-11 - BY SECTOR, PROGRAMME AND VALUE 20
• TABLE 9 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE UK EDUCATION SECTOR - BY PROGRAMME, TARGETS & PROGRESS TO DATE JUNE 2009 E 22
• TABLE 10 FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS UNDER BSF: CONVENTIONAL / PFI MIX 2005-2011 (£BN) 26
• TABLE 11 SCHOOL NEW BUILD, RENEWAL & REFURBISHMENT UNDER BSF - BUDGET MIX AND FUNDING ROUTE 26
• TABLE 12 FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS FOR WAVES 1-5 OF BSF - BY LOCAL AUTHORITY, CONVENTIONAL AND PFI FUNDING BUDGET (TOP 50 LEAS) 27
• TABLE 13 BSF PATHFINDER PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - CONSTRUCTION DATES AND CONSORTIA MEMBERS 31
• TABLE 14 BSF WAVE 1 PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - CONSTRUCTION DATES AND CONSORTIA MEMBERS 32
• TABLE 15 BSF WAVE 2 PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - CONSTRUCTION DATES AND CONSORTIA MEMBERS 33
• TABLE 16 BSF WAVE 3 PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - DATES AND CONSORTIA MEMBERS / BIDDERS 34
• TABLE 17 BSF WAVE 4 PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - DATES AND SHORT LISTED BIDDERS 36
• TABLE 18 BSF WAVE 5 PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - DATES AND SHORT-LISTED BIDDERS 37
• TABLE 19 BSF WAVE 6 & 6A PROJECTS - PROJECT STATUS - DATES 38
• TABLE 20 BSF WAVES 7-15 - PROJECT STATUS / NO. OF AUTHORITIES 39
• CHART 21 CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF BSF SCHOOLS COMPLETED 2009-2014 41
• TABLE 22 BSF PROGRESS (AS AT DECEMBER 2008) - SCHOOLS PROGRAMME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PROGRESS STATUS 41
• TABLE 23 PRIMARY CAPITAL PROGRAMME - FUNDING 2008 - 2012 (£M) 45
• TABLE 24 PRIMARY CAPITAL PROGRAMME - COUNCILS WITH FUNDING CONFIRMED FOR 2009/10 AND 2010/11 46
• TABLE 25 SUMMARY OF 10 KEY STAGES IN THE BSF PROCESS 50
• TABLE 26 BSF PROCESS - TIME TAKEN TO REACH EACH STAGE IN WAVES 1-5 52
• CHART 27 SCHOOLS' CARBON FOOTPRINT BY ACTIVITY 56
• CHART 28 BREEAM SCHOOLS SUSTAINABILITY RATING (%) 57
• TABLE 29 LEADING BSF CONTRACTORS AND PRINCIPAL CONSORTIA MEMBERS (DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FM) 63
• TABLE 30 BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - FRAMEWORK PARTNERS 66
• TABLE 31 TOP CONTRACTOR EXPERIENCE IN BSF (CONTRACTS AWARDED/PENDING - AS AT JUNE 2009) 68
• TABLE 32 BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - GLOSSARY OF TERMS 75

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