St. Mary Magdalene Academy

St. Mary Magdalene Academy,situated in the very heart of Islington, was a new build 2 phase development incorporating the St Mary Magdalene Primary School and a new Church of England secondary School. With a total cost of over 30 million the school provides education for 1360 pupils and comprises of an Early Years Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, it also contains a state of the art ICT facility.

The Phase 1 development was located between the existing nursery and Primary School and was completed in September 2007. Phase 2 which was completed in December 2008 involved the demolition of the existing school and the construction of a new Sports Hall facility and external works.

MJN Colston were responsible for installing the M & E services comprising of: Central Boiler Plant, A/C, Heating, Ventilation, DHWS, CWS, Automatic Controls, Gas, Water Conditioner, BMS, Chiller Plant, LV Switchgear, LV Distribution, Internal/External/Emergency Lighting, Small Power, Earth Bonding, Lightning Protection, Fire Alarm, Security, Data/telecom containment and CCTV.

Project Team

  • Client - St Mary Magdalene Academy
  • Main Contractors - Mace Plus Ltd
  • Architects - Fielden Clegg Bradley
  • Services Engineers - Buro Happold
  • Quantity Surveyors - Davis Langdon LLP
  • Services Value - £5.6m.