Mansfield based building contractor Herbert Baggaley Construction has embarked on a busy summer holiday period making repairs and improvements to various schools across the East Midlands after being selected for contracts through the Scape/East Midlands Property Alliance (empa) Minor Works Framework.

The projects, worth a total of £1.4 million, have seen teams from Baggaley carry out various repairs and improvements to 16 schools across the empa region, including creating new classrooms at several schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to accommodate the new intake of pupils in September, to building a new library for a school in Leicester and carrying out kitchen and fire precaution works to a number of other schools.

Each project will last between three and eight weeks and where jobs overlap with the start of the new term, work will take place outside normal school hours to prevent disruption to staff and pupils.

Ian Baggaley, managing director of Herbert Baggaley Construction said: "We are delighted to have been awarded these contracts under the Scape/empa framework. The framework allows public sector clients quick and easy access to construction and consultancy services and we hope the children and staff across the region will benefit from the improvements to their schools and all can enjoy the start of their new term in safe surroundings."