Portakabin, manufacturer of relocatable and modular buildings, has designed its Lilliput children's centre to take less than half the time of a traditional building to construct and to adapt to the needs of individual children's centres.
Rob Hall, Portakabin business development manager for education, said, 'The new centres meet all permanent building regulations, Ofsted guide- lines and national daycare standards. They provide facilities for the whole community including parenting support, employment advice, and after-school and breakfast clubs, as well as a base for childminders and social workers.
'We have used the Reggio approach as the foundation for the design, as this philosophy is based around an open, community-encompassing building, which is exactly what children's centres are all about.
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