Two workers guiding a 'Laingspan' beam, lowered from a crane, into position on the roof of one of the blocks at Arnold County High School, during its construction

Date:: 12 Sep 1958

Location:: County High School, Gedling Road, Arnold, Gedling, Nottinghamshire; Show all locations

Arnold Hill School And Technology College, Gedling Road, Arnold, Gedling, Nottinghamshire

Reference:: JLP01/08/053318

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Work began on the site in March 1958 and construction was completed for the new school term in September 1959. 'Laingspan' was a flexible modular system of frame construction using precast pre-stressed concrete units. Laing developed the system in conjunction with the Architects and Buildings Branch of the Ministry of Education and consulting engineer A J Harris. The Arnold school was the first building for which the system was used beyond a prototype extension to Laing's own Research and Development Centre. Designed to economise on steel consumption and minimise on 'wet trades' to speed up construction, the system went on to be used for other building types including offices and hospitals.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Keywords

Mid 20th Century Grammar School, Construction, People At Work