Our customer, Ashby Hill Top Primary School, is just a stone’s throw away from M D Smiths office in Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, and plays a key part in the local community.

It had been their wish for some time to have a library and music room so that the children had some quiet space for reading and a music room to explore their musical talents.  Due to limited funding, this dream had not become a reality.

As a business, we love nothing more than giving back to our local community, and what a perfect place to start with funding such a great cause.

Our brief was to open up some existing areas to create more space to accommodate the library and separate music room, with work to be completed during the half-term week to limit disruption.

With only a week to complete, we jumped to action by completing the following work.

• Separating working area to ensure safety and protecting flooring and furniture from ongoing works.
• Removal of blockwork wall to open the corridor area- We really did have some muscle behind this task.
• Removal of stud wall from a small office that had been used for storage for some time.
• Created two new walls with steel studwork, fire-rated boarding, and fully insulated.
• New double fire doors were installed to separate the classroom to the library space.
• Adaptions were made to the ceiling grid to allow for the new layout.
• Electrical works were undertaken to ensure that the space had adequate power and lighting. 

Our customer was delighted with the result and the joy this has brought the children. 

All of our staff have loved being part of such a rewarding project and we look forward to our next.