CA2/319/1

Dunstable: College of Further Education Phase II (P439). E/D23/P2 File of papers

Mar 1962 - Oct 1965

From: 1962 To: 1965

includes: Letter from T S Lucking, Director of Education, to Ministry of Education, mentions two additional cost items - a Youth Employment Bureau and Caretaker's House are intended for inclusion in phase II. Adaptations to existing accommodation is estimated at £8,000. Also mentions a third phase is planned; 16 November 1962 Drawing showing potential layout of additional accommodation in relation to existing; scale 1/4" to 1'; undated; with build costs estimated at £4 per sq ft Letter from Director of Education to County Architect mentions that from information given by the College Principal 'the original request for six additional rooms for September 1963, has now, therefore, been reduced to four'; 1 March 1963 Detailed schedule of accommodation (20 pages) giving phase I, II, and III development with area in sq ft; last six pages gives courses provided along with figures for 'present enrolments 1962/3' and 'future enrolments estimated in 1969/70'; with letter dated 16 March 1963 Letter from Ministry of Education requesting the Authority to revise the schedule (as above), which the Ministry calculate at £203,380 total, to not exceed allocated sum of £170,000 to £180,000; 10 May 1963 Director of Education disagrees with calculation above and calculates figure at £179,624 total; mentions that Ministry costed works at 75/- and 95/- per sq ft but that a proportion of works would be at 85/- per sq ft; 15 May 1963 Letter from Director of Education includes a page of economies suggested by the Principal and states that by 'transferring the £8,000 for adaptations to a minor work, amending the provision for physical activity and omitting the Youth Employment Bureau (which the Ministry now agree should be provided from other monies)' the costing of the schedule would be: Engineering Workshop including circulation and ancillary 4,125 sq ft @ 75/- per sq ft £15,469 Printing Workshop " " " 2,575 sq ft @ 85/- per sq ft £10,944 Remainder " " " 30,000 sq ft @ 95/- per sq ft £142,500 ---------- £168,913 + 10% 16,891 £185,804 and mentions that if the accommodation for physical activities could be costed at a much lower figure than 95/- per sq ft, that could bring it within the agreed budget; 31 May 1963 Further Letter from Director of Education to Ministry of Education with revised schedule, with provision for Physical Education reduced by 900 sq ft and the Printing facility reduced by 230 sq ft: Engineering & Science workshops 4,375 sq ft @ 75/- £16,406 Printing & Arts workshops 2,575 sq ft @ 85/- £10,944 Physical Education 3,867 sq ft @ 85/- £16,435 Remainder 25,147 sq ft @ 95/- £119,448 ----------- £163,233 + 10% 16,323 £179,556 1 July 1963 41 page booklet 'Brief to the Architect'; July 1963 Letter from Ministry of Education states that the Minister approves the schedule and includes some amendments giving a revised total of £189,316, with comment 'it is considered doubtful whether a satisfactory Sports Hall can be provided within a limit of 1,800 sq ft' and 'it is important that the plans should be flexible so as to permit at a later date the reallocation of rooms and additions to the whole college as now contemplated'; 14 October 1963 Letter from Miss M M Neal, Leader, Homecrafts Section, with drawing of 'suggested plan for Home Management room - phase II'; scale 1" to 4'; 13 November 1963 Letter from R F Carrington, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Dunstable, that he proposes accepting the tender of Messrs Jepps and Horsted Limited, Hemel Hempstead, of £683..2s for the erection of boundary fencing (being the lowest of three amounts tendered); 27 April 1964 Memo from Director of Education states that facilities for Linotype mechanical composition should be included in phase II and one classroom will have to be sacrificed at 400 sq ft @ 95/- to accommodate an area of 500 sq ft @ 75/- for this purpose; 28 July 1964 Letter (6 pages) from Director of Education with comments on line sketch plan after consultation with the College; mentions concern that a proposed road could impact on future expansion; 13 October 1964 One memo mentions that 'drawings of two plans for laboratory layouts ...were prepared by Mr J V Crome, a member of the teaching staff at the college, in connection with his entry for "The Guinness Award for Science Teachers 1964"'; 18 January 1965 Bound copy of 'Schedule of Accommodation' (15 pages) with note 'as agreed by the Department of Education and Science'; with revised costings: Workshops 7,575 sq ft @ 80/- £30,300 "Other" 30,213 sq ft @ !00/- £151,065 ----------- £181,365 Additional (10 %) 18,136 £199,501 February 1965 Copy of planning application by Vauxhall Motors for 'proposed new service training centre' on the Park Estate, with location map. Borders perimeter of existing College buildings. With proposed new roads; one from Church Street heading North West and another from High Street North heading North/North East; 18 March 1965 Sketch proposals of new roads showing Dunstable College existing buildings and proposed extensions; road from Church Street labelled 'A5 diversion - proposed, line of new motorway' and road from High Street North labelled 'proposed road over Dog Kennel footpath'; scale 1/1250; April 1965 Accompanying letter states that the proposed A5 diversion would nearly halve the Council owned area allocated for development of the college, and being unhappy about Vauxhall Motors proposal; 'the Education Committee are therefore most anxious that land to the North West of the College site should not be developed at this stage, so that future College extensions which may be required in a rapidly growing town like Dunstable could be provided'; 12 April 1965 Two letters mention that the Structural Consultants for the original College buildings were Jenkins, Potter & Bingham, 12-15 Great Turnstile, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC1 (later Jenkins & Potter), and the Engineering Services Consultants were Donald Smith, Seymour & Rooley, Clifton House, 83-89 Uxbridge Road, London W5; 20 May 1965 Drawing 10: Sketch plan (revised) - Phase II only; ground floor plan showing actual area of existing rooms and layout of new build; potential phase III additions outlined; scale 1/16; April 1965 Drawing 11: Sketch plan (revised) - Phase II only; 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor plans showing actual area of existing rooms and layout of new build; scale 1/16"; March 1965 Drawing 12: Revised sketch plan - complete scheme; showing ground, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor layouts (also shows line of proposed A5 diversion); scale 1/500; April 1965 Letter (5 pages) from Bernard Armstrong, College Principal, with comments on the plans; 25 May 1965 Note that Donald Smith, Seymour & Rooley and Jenkins & Potter (as above) were appointed Private Engineering Consultants for Phase II; 9 June 1965 Letter from County Architect to Department of Education and Science gives provisional programme of works 'the most urgent educational requirement is for the Engineering and Printing workshops': Workshop Block tender in February/March 1966 complete by April 1967 Teaching, Administration Blocks tender in August 1966 complete by March 1968 Alterations to existing tender in August/September 1966 complete by March 1968 Notes (5 pages) from meeting between college staff, architects and Her Majesty's Inspectorate; 22 July 1965 Note that Education Committee approved the sketch plans at their meeting of 1 October 1965 Letter from Director of Education mentions 'that a start on the actual construction work can be made as soon as the six months moratorium of the Department of Education and Science expires' 8 October 1965

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Lucking, T.S.,
Director of Education,
Ministry of Education,
Carrington, R.F.,
Jepps & Horsted,
Jenkins & Potter,
Donald Smith, Seymour & Rooley,
Vauxhall Motors Limited

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