Barnet College

Barnet College is a new £50million Campus at Wood Street in High Barnet.

Roof lanterns allow natural northern light into the fitted art and design studios of the top floor. The classroom spaces go from wet to dry; facilitating such crafts as photography and developing; pottery with plaster and kilns; and glass making.

There are dedicated areas for jewellery, work with wood and metal, fine art, fashion, sewing and cutting, and IT-based graphic design with Apple Mac computers.

The first floor of the building has the latest IT facilities including extensive open access areas. The ground floor contains the learning resource centre with a full library of books, printed materials, electronic resources, and more open-access IT facilities. This area has a glazed wall to the garden, for maximum natural light and a pleasant feel. On the lower ground floor, there is a suite of science facilities with five specialist laboratories.

The centrepiece atrium has a social and community area with an internet café and gives access to an open courtyard with patio-style tables and chairs and outdoor recreation space. The whole building is covered by a Wi-Fi network. Also on the ground floor is the main lecture theatre and refectory. Atlantic Contracts Ltd were contracted to supply and fit out all the joinery elements in this new building.

The contract consisted of reception desk, cash desk, library ticket desk, laminate doors within painted frames, skirting, glazed screens, window boards, timber carcassing to roof lights, timber soffit to three external canopies, maple wall capping, mdf pipe boxing and signage.

Atlantic Contracts Ltd assisted in the design of the glazed screens and desks and also assisted to formulate the door and ironmongery schedules.

The contract was delivered to a high standard and completed on programme.