{"id":1056,"date":"2018-05-14T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2018-05-14T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T18:31:33","slug":"local-school-visits-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/local-school-visits-construction-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Local school visits construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pupils from a secondary school in Andover have gained valuable insight to construction careers, following a visit to Larkhill Garrison.<\/h2>\n

A group of Harrow Way pupils in Yrs 9 and 10 (aged 14\/15) visited us on Tuesday 1 May accompanied by teachers Kevin Peebles, Associate Senior Leader, and Karen McCullough, Assistant Year Leader.<\/p>\n

The visit was organised by Allan Thomson, Chief Executive of Aspire Defence Limited (ADL), who is a governor at Harrow Way, and Paul Dempster, Managing Director Aspire Defence Capital Works (ADCW).\u00a0 It was offered to students considering their options beyond GCSEs who might be interested in learning more about a career in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

After a quick presentation at the ADCW Project Office to explain what Aspire Defence does, the group was taken to the vast Army Basing Programme technical build area at Purvis Lines, so they could get up close to the construction underway.<\/p>\n

There, ADCW Section Manager Anna Taylor organised a \u2018Q&A\u2019 with groundworks and engineering sub-contractors, so the pupils could hear about what a job on a building site might involve day-to-day.\u00a0 The students also learned about the technicalities of steel frame buildings, from precision foundation laying to different types of masonry work (see photo below)<\/p>\n

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Richard Tindal, Project Director Larkhill ADCW, then led a minibus tour of the Garrison, passing the Junior Ranks\u2019 diner under construction and stopping off at the completed (unoccupied) Junior Ranks\u2019 Single Living Accommodation (SLA).\u00a0 The students were impressed by the standard of soldiers\u2019 bedrooms and chatted to Section Manager Niels Andersen about where he has travelled in his career and the various construction projects he has overseen.\u00a0 The bus returned to the ADCW Project Office just in time to see one of the first modules being craned in to Senior Ranks\u2019 SLA, at the site of the new Triple Mess.<\/p>\n

To close the visit, the pupils were shown around the Project Office by Paul Dempster to give them a feel for the working environment on site.\u00a0 Several female ADCW staff were also on hand to talk about routes into construction because it is an industry where women have been traditionally underrepresented.<\/p>\n

The pupils left with an Aspire Defence goody bag containing a scientific calculator, maths equipment and a hard-hat shaped \u2018stress ball\u2019 (handy for exam season!).\u00a0 And they took away some interesting impressions too:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot more jobs in construction than I realised.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cConstruction sites are a lot cleaner than I thought they would be.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good that there are jobs for women in construction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Their teacher Kevin Peebles said it had been \u201cone of the best organised visits\u201d he had experienced, with \u201cinsight upon insight\u201d to keep the children engaged throughout.\u00a0 \u201cThey were really buzzing when they returned to school and I am sure the opportunities will\u00a0have captured many\u00a0imaginations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo : <\/em><\/p>\n

Harrow Way Yr 9 & 10 pupils at the ADCW Project Office Larkhill with (far left) Allan Thomson, CE ADL and (far right) Richard Tindal, Project Director Larkhill, ADCW.\u00a0 Teachers Karen McCullough and Kevin Peebles are pictured in the white hard hats.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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