Project Completion – Harrow School breaks ground for new Science Building
A ceremony has been held to celebrate the first day of construction of Harrow School’s new Science building which will open in 2023 for use by Harrovians and the local community.
The Head Master and a small group of boys, staff, governors and invited guests gathered to watch the three secretaries of the Science Society break ground prior to first piling on site.
Alastair Land, Head Master said: “Throughout Harrow’s history, transformative construction projects have ensured the margin of excellence that distinguishes a Harrow education. The need for inspiring building environments for Harrovians is as important today as it has been for the last 450 years. The building will be an inspiring centre of excellence in biology and chemistry for use by Harrovians and the local community.”
The new Science building will provide 3100m2 of new education space over three storeys and will house 16 state-of-the-art laboratories, a 180-seat lecture theatre and research laboratories for specialist projects and A level studies. The project will be BREEAM Excellent with the inclusion of a number of renewable energy sources together with a sustainable-energy centre supplying efficient utilities to other parts of the School.
The Neilcott team has already started an extension and refurbishment of the Shepherd Churchill Dining Hall, the Science building is the second development in to begin in recent months.