Algeco has been selected to build a £27.6 million Northampton school utilising Seismic modular building platform.

The firm was chosen on behalf of the Department for Education who are funding the school. When completed, the school will be operated by the Northampton School for Boys Charitable Trust. Fittingly for such a forward thinking school, the construction project will be delivered using the Seismic platform on our modular buildings.

The secured the project via the MMC1 Lot 1 modular framework and were appointed as Principal Design & Build Contractor, working with Watson Batty Architects. Its approach will provide a full turnkey solution. Work will begin on site in January 2023.

A combination of Algeco's offsite and modular building construction system was specified at the school. The modules will be manufactured using Seismic platform-based construction solution. This approach is 75% faster and achieves a 47% improvement in value compared to traditional construction techniques; it even offers a 33% improvement in speed when compared with standard modular construction.


A total of 210 Seismic modules will be supplied to create the main teaching areas. We will also be utilising a hybrid structure for the halls, which require large open plan internal spaces.

Delivering the important Seismic benefits is helped by the fact that we manufacture the modular buildings at our manufactured facility in East Yorkshire. Utilising Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DfMA) and Lean Manufacturing, combined with Seismic design innovation, allows us to deliver the modules with a high Pre Manufacturer Value (PMV) of around 80 percent. This reduces the amount of work required on site and means that we can achieve the strict schedule on this project. The building modules will be delivered to site in August 2023. Handover of the completed school is scheduled to take place in 2024.

Seismic delivers in other areas, too. It results in a significant reduction in both operational and embodied carbon of up to 70%. This is achieved through factors including design efficiency, materials selection and manufacturing effectiveness, leading to limited wastage.