Tilbury Douglas completes Peterchurch Primary: delivery and site logistics notes for engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Tilbury Douglas has completed the new 1,209m² single-storey Peterchurch Primary School for Herefordshire Council three weeks ahead of programme, delivering it on the existing site while the old school remained fully operational. Procured via the Procure Partnerships Framework, the phased works covered temporary teaching accommodation, demolition of existing buildings, service diversions, a multi-use games area, landscaping and external works. The contractor committed 50% of supply chain spend to local firms and provided apprenticeships, a T Level placement and pupil-focused STEM and climate education activities.
Technical Brief
- Early optioneering was used to size the school precisely to the current pupil roll.
- Design retained generous shared internal spaces while preserving flexibility for future capacity growth.
- Construction sequencing and logistics were planned for a fully live, occupied school site.
- Temporary teaching accommodation was integrated into the programme to maintain continuous teaching provision during demolition and rebuild.
- Service diversions were coordinated alongside new-build works to minimise outages and rework.
- Social value targets included allocating 50% of supply chain expenditure to local businesses.
- On-site STEM and climate-focused activities turned construction and sustainability features into live teaching resources.
Our Take
Tilbury Douglas appears frequently in our UK Infrastructure coverage for NHS hospital upgrades and fit-out work, so delivery at Peterchurch Primary School in Herefordshire signals that its public-sector portfolio now spans both health and education across multiple regions.
The use of the Procure Partnerships Framework at Peterchurch aligns with Tilbury Douglas’s other framework-based work (such as the Procure 22 hospital schemes), suggesting the contractor is increasingly relying on framework routes to secure repeat public-sector workload rather than one-off competitive tenders.
A 50% local supply chain spend and support for apprentices on a relatively small Herefordshire project positions Tilbury Douglas as a strong contender on future West Midlands framework lots where social value metrics and local economic impact are now heavily weighted in bid scoring.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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