Willmott Dixon has won a £32 million contract to build a new secondary school academy in southern Hertfordshire.

The contractor will deliver the new Hertswood Academy in Borehamwood and work is scheduled to be complete in 2019.

Designed by Bond Bryan Architects, the new facility will be built in Cowley Hill which will allow the academy to consolidate the existing upper and lower sites into a single, educational and communal facility. It will be based around a quadrangle containing a sensory garden with further outside space to the rear consisting of green space, squash courts, a gym, dance studio and new sports hall.

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Further features includes a library, theatre and sports centre, with modern ICT in every classroom and open learning spaces.

Mike Page, preconstruction manager for Willmott Dixon, said: "We are now working with Bond Bryan Architects on the academy's detailed design with building work scheduled to start later this year and complete in autumn 2019."

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