Graham Facilities Management has been awarded a significant contract to provide comprehensive Facilities Management for the Richard Rose Federation comprising of two Academies, Central and Morton, both located in Carlisle, Cumbria.
The Academies offer students a wide range of high quality academic and vocational courses in an innovative learning environment, utilising state of the art technology and resources to provide an individual personalised learning experience for all.
Graham FM will provide a comprehensive solution to include planned and reactive building, mechanical and electrical maintenance services in addition to caretaking, cleaning, grounds maintenance, environmental services, and 24/7/365 Helpdesk service.
Both Academies are soon to benefit from newly constructed, state of the art facilities, with Central due to open a three storey building catering for 1500 students in January 2011, and Morton expected to follow during the summer of 2011, for which Graham FM will provide a comprehensive removal and decant service. Services will commence onsite at the existing facilities in the interim period.
Under the scope of the contract, Graham FM will also have the opportunity to accommodate the Carlisle Youth Zone (CYZ) which will be located adjacent to the soon to be ready Central Academy. The building is approximately 5,000 m² and will provide out-of-school hours facilities for children and young adults. Services for CYZ will comprise maintenance, cleaning, security, mail and porterage.
Decant starts in December 2010 with service commencement to Central Academy in January 2011. A further decant will take place in August 2011 with service commencement at Morton in September 2011.