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Terrapin's 70 day university challenge for 'baby students' 3 Feb 2010

Seventy days from start-on-site to finished - that's the challenge offsite construction specialist Terrapin successfully tackled with a new building to expand the nursery facilities for children of students and staff at Reading University.
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Terrapin wins top marks for school building 21 Jan 2010

Terrapin’s offsite building expertise has won top marks from a comprehensive school in Worcestershire. Terrapin’s Unitrex ‘flat pack’ building system has provided a speedy solution to an urgent need for additional learning space at Hagley Catholic High School.
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Terrapin takes an offsite approach to new children's centre 29 Sept 2009

The new Felpham Children and Family Centre on the site of the Bishop Tufnell School in Bognor Regis, West Sussex has been completed on time and on budget using Terrapin’s offsite building technology....
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Terrapin at the double in Addlestone Moor 3 April 2009

The urgent accommodation needs of a Surrey school have been met thanks to a quick and easy flat pack solution from offsite building specialist Terrapin.
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Terrapin's fast building 'decorates' Nescot campus 26 March 2009

Growing numbers for a popular vocational course sparked an urgent need for additional teaching space at North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT).
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Building Feature: Bog Standard 9 February 2009

If the government is to stand a chance of meeting its school building target, it will need to use standard specifications and designs for a range of elements- starting with the loos.
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Terrapin's rental solution is a class act for Chippenham Comprehensive 28 January 2009

Offsite building specialist Terrapin has provided a Wiltshire school with a high speed, high quality turnkey rental solution to its temporary accommodation needs delivering a fully...
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Terrapin launches modular toilet block for schools 9 January 2009

Offsite construction leader Terrapin pioneers higher standards in toilets for schools and the BSF programme.
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Top of the class for Terrapin 4 November 2008

A permanent modular building, designed and built by Terrapin for the Cippenham Nursery School and Children's Centre in Slough, has won top marks fom the staff, parents and children who are now using the new facility.
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Terrapin building hire eases transition at West Thames College 9 Sept 2008

To maintain the smooth running of West Thames College in Isleworth during a massive three-year reconstruction project, main contractor Osborne turned to offsite construction specialist Terrapin for a temporary hire building solution.
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Modern Building Solutions 7 August 2008

From high quality single classroom solutions, all the way to fully designed and built school or campus projects, offsite construction company Terrapin can create modern effective...
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Terrapin makes child's play of modular buildings 26 June 2008

Modular building, designed and built by offsite construction company Terrapin, are enabling the delivery of additional family support services at Langney and Hailsham Children's Centres in East Sussex.
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Terrapin has the answers for East Sussex children's centres 25 June 2008

East Sussex County Council has selected offsite construction company Terrapin to provide buildings for valuable new community facilities.
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Bishop Auckland College

Terrapin completed a £1 million computer centre, for Bishop Auckland College, County Durham. The contract was awarded following a competitive tender and was handed over after a 24 week programme.
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Burghfield St Marys RC School
Terrapin have twice provided full service building solutions using modern methods of construction for Burghfield St Mary’s School, near Reading.
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Catering facility and restaurant
A brand new, state of the art catering facility has recently been completed at Cannock Chase Technical College in just 12 weeks.
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Early years excellence
Terrapin designed and constructed the Early Excellence Centre at the Cotswold Centre near Corsham, Wiltshire, in line with Sure Start requirements using their pre-engineered building method and their experiences gained from other Sure Start schemes.
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Good neighbourhood
A new Neighbourhood Nursery at the Kingsway Primary School, Kirkby in Ashfield, was designed, manufactured and constructed by Terrapin in just 14 weeks.
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Guthlaxton College
Terrapin’s in-depth experience in building for education allows the company to provide specialist, purpose-built tutorial facilities and Guthlaxton College in Wigston, Leicestershire, is a perfect example.
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Link and Match
Lutterworth Grammar is a non-selective Upper School providing education to around 1900 students aged 14-19.
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Manchester College of Art and Technology
Terrapin Ltd were selected by the Manchester College of Arts & Technology to provide urgently required high tech tutorial facilities.
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Maple Tree Lower School
Anne McCormick, Headteacher of Maple Tree Lower was ‘delighted’ with her new school and ‘the magnificent job’ done by Terrapin in building it.
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Montessori Day Nursery
Terrapin designed and constructed a 34 place Montessori day nursery located in the grounds of a sports and social club on the outskirts of Ipswich.
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Patchwork Montessori Nursery
Terrapin won the contract to design and construct a 30 place day nursery school for the Patchwork Montessori Day Nurseries because of its ability to guarantee handover in time for the Autumn term.
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Pre-School Learning Alliance
Terrapin has been involved in many of the schemes under the Governments Sure Start initiative, one of the most recent being for the Pre-School Learning Alliance in North Nottinghamshire.
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Sandbach High School
Sandbach High School were impressed with Terrapin and delighted with their new 6th form facilities, which were an addition to the popular Girls’ Comprehensive School in Cheshire.
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Sporting orders
Norfolk County Council, being committed to the Government’s objectives of encouraging more sport among young people, identified the need for three new sports halls in and around Norwich.
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The Ark Association
When Mary Darlington, Administrator for childcare organisation, Ark Association, wished to replace her outdated nursery structure, Terrapin handled the entire project
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The Priory School
A brick clad, pitched roof L-shaped building recently completed for the Priory School in Dorking, Surrey, is a good example of Terrapin’s Modern Methods of Construction.
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University of Portsmouth
When the University of Portsmouth needed a new purpose-built laboratory and classroom building just a few yards from the sea, Terrapin had to overcome extreme coastal weather conditions during construction and ensure the external envelope would withstand these conditions for many years.
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